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As the November issue arrives, many of us are completing our Airstream camping season. Rigs in Canada and the northern portion of the U.S. are getting ready for winter storage. We look back on a busy season of travel, rallies, and caravans with fond memories. We hope each of you had a memorable camping season with Airstream friends.

However, many people living in the north travel south (called “snow birds”) to places like Florida, Texas, Arizona, New Mexico, and California and spend the winter in their Airstreams. I want to remind you to take a look at the Airstream calendar in the Blue Beret for the many rallies and events that are provided by our southern clubs/units. They occur all winter long.

In January, we will conduct our Mid-Winter IBT in Robertsdale, AL on January 21-25, 2019. Robertsdale is close to the Gulf Coast; therefore there is a lot to see and do in the area. The deadline for registration is December 15, 2018.

One last thing to consider – “Have I paid my dues for 2019?” If you have already renewed your membership, thank you. If not, the preferable way to pay is via the WBCCI website: www.wbcci.org. Click on the “Renew Online Today” button. This link will go directly to the renewal form. You will want to register/renew soon to make sure your name appears in the January 2019 WBCCI Membership Directory.

As this year comes to an end, Karen and I wish each of you to have a wonderful holiday season. We hope you all have time to enjoy the many blessings we have with families and friends.

Barry & Karen Bell

WBAC President & First Lady

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Membership

Teresa Taylor Chairman

Thank you to all who have renewed your If that renewal notice is still not sent in, do for 10 years but had not been active but membership; may the next year bring it now and join us for another year. If you parents had been active members said this incredible memories and adventures. With know a member that you haven’t seen at was the first time anyone had reached out so many rallies being planned by the local a rally or lunch for some time give them a to just say hi and thanked him for being a clubs, more National/Special Event Rallies call, see how they are doing, maybe ask member. and new Caravans on the books, this club why they haven’t been to a rally. As one Again, thank you for being part of the will keep you camping all year long. The membership chair told me, she was calling Airstream Club family. club likes to say “We do the planning, you members that she had not seen at a rally. have the adventure.” To me this planning This one member who had been a member is such a value to belonging to this club. No more checking out every little detail of what you want to see, do, where you’re Custom light covers going to stay, it’s planned for you and you’re New! camping like the locals. made just for your The other benefit of membership is the friends you make as you travel with this AIRSTREAM Airstream family. Good friends that you see REMOVABLE “down the road” on your travels. Glenn and INTERCHANGEABLE I just finished hosting the Pendleton Round- up National Rally in September and spent DURABLE a week with new friends from all over the Finally, a reason to turn on your United States and Canada. We reconnected Airstream porch with friends Caroline and Dale from Ohio light. Choose from hundreds of designs that we met at a Region 4 Rally. So, on and interchange as your travels check out rallies along your often as you like! route, you’ll have a great time, learn about the area and the saying “see you down the road” will become real.

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Accessible Airstreaming

Nancy Gore, #2914

Ever since I was a little girl, being outside has Carolina. Well, that was it campers. I was At this point, Mike and I had been together for fed my soul. I spent every possible moment hooked. over ten years, and he was already familiar playing outside. Cold weather, hot weather, it with my capabilities and limitations. While A few years later, I met the man who would be I’m paralyzed from the waist down, I have the didn’t matter. What mattered was hearing the my husband, and like Dan and like me, he was a rustle of the leaves through the trees, feeling arms of a sumo wrestler and even at 60 years lover all things of nature. When I met him, Mike old I can still lift myself off the floor into the the warmth of the sun on my face, smelling the was into rock climbing, caving, hiking, surfing, delicious scent of fresh cut grass, or watching wheelchair. Unfortunately, I’m not anywhere and anything he could find that would keep him near model thin (I was serious about the sumo birds splash in the birdbath. It’s being outside outside. He gave up those things and replaced that makes me feel at peace. This joy of being wrestler analogy), so I’m capable of lifting a them with adventures we could share. We both substantial amount of weight. All we needed outside continues today as an adult, and I became certified in scuba, bought kayaks, and made an effort almost daily to escape from my was a few modifications, and we would be good a jet boat. But it wasn’t enough. We wanted to to go. suffocating, four-walled cubicle to get a breath be able to leave the shackles of indoor life, and of fresh air. we knew an Airstream was the next step. For We bought a 2007 model, a 23-footer with an Unfortunately, I was born into a household in almost ten years, we spent hours looking on L-shaped couch and no dinette, which gave which I had a father who did not share my Craig’s List and EBay for the ideal Airstream. me more room to negotiate. I don’t take the enthusiasm, and as a result, we never went Mike was blessed with the ability to fix and build wheelchair into the Airstream. It’s crowded camping. That all changed when my brother- anything, so the plan originally was to find a enough with the two of us and our 85-pound in-law came on the scene over 30 years ago. fixer-upper and make it ours. The goal was for Weimaraner. Therefore, I needed to be able Although I was born with spina bifida and use me to leave my corporate job, get my Master’s to have the room to pull myself up on the a wheelchair to get around, Dan understood in teaching, have summers off, and travel in couch, onto the bed, and into the shower. my passion for being outside. He picked me our beautiful remodeled Airstream. I worked That meant we needed to install a few grab up, threw me on his back, and carried me to my plan, got the teaching job, and before my bars in the bedroom and bathroom area. To the water to kayak where I just knew I had died first summer off, I made the mistake of going to get to the bed, the toilet or the shower from and gone to heaven. Next thing I knew, I was look at new models. Next thing you know, I’m the floor was initially too high to maneuver. To with him and my sister tent camping in North buying a new Airstream off the lot; so much for rectify the issue, Mike built a platform that fits the plan. exactly in the space of the bed and the toilet

14 BLUE BERET / NOVEMBER 2018 CLUB NEWS and the shower. This platform enabled me to middle of a campsite at Top of Georgia, which traipse all over the southeast. One of the many lift myself into the shower or onto the bed. We left many fellow Airstreamers aghast that he was things I love about our unit is that our members then bought a shower chair to make the whole actually cutting into the door of the Airstream. oftentimes think about me and my needs, bedroom/bathroom area completely accessible With that, the process was complete and I and yet at the same time, never really think for me. The platform presents a challenge for could get into and around my Airstream without about me as disabled. They think about me as my six-foot tall husband when he needs to use difficulty. Next, the issue of getting around they plan activities. For example, on a trip to the facilities, but being the wonderful man that campgrounds needed to be addressed. Savannah, Matt made sure the bike tour we took he is, he deals with it. could accommodate a chair. My friends Robin One of the first matters I noticed was that most and Bill arrived once to a rally before we did In addition to the changes to the bedroom/ campgrounds we visited had gravel. Wheeling and noticed our campground site had stairs, so bathroom area, we made a few changes to the through gravel is to say the least, not easy – in they immediately called us to see if we wanted kitchen area. Originally, the microwave was spite of sumo wrestler arms. We happened to switch sites. When setting up reservations above the refrigerator, which doesn’t even make upon a device that we now refer to as my ‘big at a restaurant, my fellow campers will ask if sense to me if I was able to stand. We moved wheel’ that basically attaches to the front of my the restaurant is accessible. Oftentimes we the microwave to under the sink instead. The chair and lifts up the front wheels which tend will pick a spot for us all to gather for meals kitchen sink cabinet was rounded, which was to get caught in the gravel. It makes wheeling or socializing, and my fellow campers always very cool looking but impractical because it through gravel almost a breeze. The next think about which campsite or area makes the encroached into my floor space. So we changed challenge was dealing with hills. My rotator most sense for us all. They will seek out the the cabinet to be a traditional flat surface. He cuffs were destroyed years ago, so wheeling best spots for me to launch my kayak, and think then replaced all the original Formica tops with up hills can be difficult. A year ago we came nothing of hauling my wheelchair down stairs if Corian. A few months ago, he remodeled again across a small motor that can be attached to the need be. and took out the couch replacing it with some back of the wheelchair as needed to assist my very cool aluminum chairs which helped me to wheeling up hills. Having solved the issues of Wanting to give back to the group that has see outside the windows better. maneuvering through campgrounds, I was ready enriched my life so greatly, I volunteered for for even more adventures. and was elected to the office of secretary of our Then we went on to fix the outside of the trailer: unit. Following that, I became vice president, Mike replaced the small grab bar on the outside When we first started camping, we typically and am now wrapping up my year as president. of the trailer with an old refrigerator handle so visited Top of Georgia. There we became fast This past summer, we caravanned to Salem for that I had a more substantial grab bar to lift friends with Matt and Beth Hackney. Over time, the International Rally, after which Mike and I myself into the trailer. He then procured an we felt the urge to explore, not visit the same explored a bit of the northern most part of our extra door latch which he installed below the campground repeatedly. Ultimately, we were country. It was a trip of a lifetime as we made original door latch (which he kept in place for charter members of Southeastern Camping Unit new friends at Salem and then saw parts of the himself) which gave me the ability to get in the that was started by the Hackneys and others, beautiful country of ours that were nothing short trailer when he was off socializing – a common and our camping life really took off. Our unit of breathtaking. In addition, it was my first time occurrence. He did this while sitting in the has rallies at least monthly, and together we planning a caravan, and although our caravan

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was small, it was a fabulous experience and I turtles, sheep, antelope, a wolf, and even a bear. Those who call me brave and courageous have made new friends that I believe will be with us Well, technically we were in the safety of a car it all wrong. It’s my husband and my friends for years to come. when we saw the bear and the wolf, but we who are the strong ones. My husband makes were still face to face. sacrifices every day to make my life easier. My Looking back at the past decade of owning an friends see me, not my chair. It’s a beautiful life, Airstream, I had no idea that when I bought Strangers see me and the chair and they feel and yet when I travel, I rarely see other campers my Airstream that I was actually buying into a sorry for me. They have no idea I have been in a chair. new lifestyle and a passel of friends for life. I all over North America, including Canada know how blessed I am to have a husband who and Mexico. I’ve also been throughout the For those who have had a stroke, or who are has designed the interior and exterior of our Caribbean and parts of Europe. I’ve been on top experiencing the challenges of aging and think Airstream that allows me to live comfortably in of the world, and 130 feet below the surface their camping days are number, to them I say it for weeks on end. Together we have traveled of the ocean. More than the traveling, I have balderdash. With preplanning and creative to all but a couple of states, so we have been friends who consider me part of the group, thinking, many physical challenges can be from sea to shining sea, as far north as Glacier not someone who is disabled or different in overcome to allow one to continue to travel in National Park and Acadia National, and as far some way. I have been married for 22 years the Airstream. It’s well worth the effort. south as Key West and the Grand Canyon. We in a world where divorce is too common. After have been face to face with deer, elk, manatee, spending nearly 30 years in the corporate bison, donkeys, alligator, sharks, barracuda, world, I now have a career teaching that I love.

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Joe Peplinski WBCCI #6768, WBCCI Historian and Richard & Nancy Roeser, WBCCI #23556 [email protected]

The Saga of China Caravan #6 (Part 2) (as seen from the Caboose)

This month we continue along with WBCCI After Drum Mountain, we drove to a stone, members Richard and Nancy Roeser #23556 ivory, and longan tree carving factory. The as they complete the “trailering” portion of products were very elaborate, but we didn’t China Caravan C6, as recorded in Nancy’s buy anything. diary. 10/12/1986 – Sunday – Fuzhou to 10/10/1986 – Friday – Putien to Fuzhou Nanping

Almost 4 hours to go 61 miles. Traffic got It took 10 hours to go 156 miles because heavy as we approached Fuzhou which is we encountered many road obstacles, understandable since it is the capital for including drying rice; a road washout; Fujian Province. In the afternoon we visited Nancy & Rich during the Caravan Banquet and piles of tree stumps, logs, wood a lacquerware factory where we bought a box, shavings, rocks, sand, and garden soil; napkin rings and chopsticks. We then visited a cork picture factory. Back wrecked vehicles, water buffalo, pigs, chickens, and children playing. It to the trailer for dinner: ham and instant mashed potatoes. Never thought was a beautiful, but tedious, ride thru the mountains. Traffic was light. anything could taste as good as those instant potatoes did. Switchbacks were numerous. Bamboo trees dotted many a slope. The scenery reminded me of British Columbia and Alaska, but painfully 10/11/1986 – Saturday – Fuzhou manicured to produce rice and other crops. We were lucky to be seeing Drove to Drum Mountain to an old Buddhist Monastery. The temple was the rice harvest, but unlucky because most of the rice was drying on built about 500 B.C. There are rocks on Drum Mountain where people flat straw mats on the road. We are camped high on a hill overlooking have carved initials and poems. Some inscriptions are 1000s of years old. Nanping and the river.

Our guide told us that during the time of the Red Guard (1966-76), monks 10/13/1986 – Monday – Nanping were sent to work on farms and the monastery ceased to exist as such. Today we drove to a small village where we walked thru rice paddies to He is now 30, but at 19 he was sent by the an uphill stone path. After an hour we Red Guards to work in a very poor section came to two high arched stone bridges of China. It was backbreaking work from over a stream gorge that were built over sunup to sundown. When the Red Guard 1200 years ago. We continued climbing reign was over, some monks couldn’t and finally came to a lovely temple in a return to the monastery because they had spectacular mountain setting. We were eaten meat or fish or had married. He also welcomed with firecrackers and hot tea – a told us that in the 1940s life expectancy beautiful touch! We rested in the coolness was 35-40, but is now 66 for men and 68 of the temple and had a vegetarian lunch. for women. Our return walk went much quicker Mountain Road in China downhill.

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10/14/1986 – Tuesday – Nanping to Wuyi were underway floating down the Nine Twist Stream sitting in bamboo armchairs on bamboo We were up at 5:00am for a boat trip down rafts. Two men used poles to direct the rafts the Min River, but the river is too low due to a downstream. 3-month drought. We decided to head to the Wuyi Mountains a day early. The 108-mile 10/17/1986 – Friday – Wuyi Mountains drive was peaceful. Not much traffic, few road obstacles, and fine scenery. The road followed During the night we had a wee rainstorm. It a tributary of the Min River. The leaves of some was the first patter of raindrops this trip and the trees are turning yellow and remind me of fall in first sunless morning in 4 weeks! Our guide New England although the temperature is much says the lack of rain is very unusual. Today is hotter. We played cards in the evening. free time, “gas up”, “Porta Potti Parade”. Our Airstreams are each equipped with a Porta Potti 10/15/1986 – Wednesday – Wuyi Mountains rather than a traditional holding tank, a good idea because China has no RV dump stations. We explored Heavenly Tour (Tianyou) Peak, a park in the Wuyi Mountains revered in China for After lunch Rich and I walked about ½ mile to its beauty. Rich and I climbed the steep 400 (or see a bridge being built “by hand”. Then we was it 900?) step stairway cut into the stone to visited a paper making operation with Al and the peak. 10 of our group made it. Mildred Frosch. Bamboo is ground by stone hammers run by eccentric wheels. The pulp Even with all the stresses, lack of accurate is put in bins where a worker dips a screen, information, change of plans at the last minute, pulls it out, empties the screen and repeats etc., we are thoroughly enjoying this trip. the steps. Following this we visited a business We continue to marvel at a people who, in where people were weaving baskets out of comparison to U.S. standards, have so little, but bamboo strips. are extremely hard working and happy. We wish the U.S. could have such strong family units with Back at camp, our guide changed the tires on the joy this brings. We also wish we could relax Porta Potti Parade our trailer from 4 ply to 10 ply in anticipation of as much in the U.S. about crime as we do here. rough roads tomorrow. We feel very safe from muggers, etc. It’s almost non-existent. We’ve only encountered a panhandler once or twice. 10/18/1986 – Saturday – Wuyi to Gutian

After lunch we went to a 2500-acre Oolong Tea Plantation. Most of the We left Wuyi in a hard rain that soon stopped. We drove along a river, processed tea is exported, 80% to Japan and the rest to various countries crossed over a bridge and picked up a dirt road out of town. Around around the world, including the USA. How the tea is processed is kept and around the mountains we went, up and down into valleys and a secret so that the Chinese can stay competitive in the marketplace, so along streams. We were in the misty clouds at one point. We arrived in we couldn’t see anything but the tea bushes – processing and adding Gutian after a 137-mile drive. Very tired at the end of a long, hard ride. aromatics was out! Tea is picked in the spring season, so that was out Tomorrow is our last trailer driving day. Thank heavens! too. 10/19/1986 – Sunday – Gutian to Fuzhou

10/16/1986 – Thursday – Wuyi Mountains Left town and climbed into the mountains, round and round, up and down we go. At one point A bus took us to a small village for a bamboo raft trip. There was much confusion and loading and we hit very dense fog. We inched along keeping unloading of passengers. The eventual story was the lights of the trailer in front of us in view. In that some Chinese VIPs had paid more than us a rocky construction zone two trailers had flats. so they got the first rafts. And this in supposedly The rest of the trip was eventless. In total, Rich equalitarian China! One learns patience, humility, drove 1500 miles with no accidents, though and flexibility in China. Anyway, very shortly we Fixing a flat in the Fog

26 BLUE BERET / NOVEMBER 2018 CLUB NEWS some near misses! He deserves a medal! No one would ever believe the couple means free medical care and low tuition for primary and middle trauma of driving a trailer over Chinese roads. school. More than 1 child means no free medical, higher fees for school, and a “fine”. Universities are free. Primary teachers are the lowest paid, 10/20/1986 – Monday – Fuzhou university professors the highest. There is compulsory education in the A cloudy, humid, breezy day, but no stagnant air like last time we were in cities (in Fujian Province), but not in rural areas. There aren’t many schools Fuzhou. The air pollution really got to me then. in rural areas because the distances are great, and teachers don’t want to work in remote areas. No opium smoking because it would probably We drove to the zoo for an interesting panda bring a life sentence in prison. Goods in the performance. The panda played basketball, “free market” supposedly come mostly from balanced and caught rings, rode a bike, etc. Taiwan and Hong Kong, “exchanged” on Back home for lunch, suitcase packing, and fishing vessels. trailer clean-up. 39 primary (grades 1-5) children came to camp to entertain us with Back to the hotel for our banquet. The singing, dancing, and musical instrument Banyan City Restaurant was almost dark playing. After they entertained us, we sang when we arrived, a consequence of power “Old McDonald’s Farm” and “Jingle Bells” rationing, but three Coleman lanterns lit to them. The children then divided into 10 our way. A bit of information: All Chinese banquets are 12 courses. The last one is groups and each couple took a group thru The Children that visited the Roeser's Trailer their trailer where balloons, candy, and favors something sweet – a sweet soup. were given out. Our group was a 7-year-old girl, two 10-year-old girls, 10/22/1986 – Wednesday – Fuzhou to Shanghai and a 10-year-old boy. After taking the kids thru the trailer, they were excited to talk to their friends in another Suburban over the CB radio in our A morning bus tour visited a park where 32 boys were practicing Kung Suburban! Fu. Caught another bus to the Fuzhou Airport for our flight to Shanghai. Boarded at 2:00pm and by 3:15pm we were on the ground in Shanghai. After a Chinese dinner at a hotel we were invited by one of our guides to Now here’s a city I could love. Cool weather, clean, very western, th visit his in-law’s apartment. It was on the 4 floor, reachable only by stairs cosmopolitan. The Queen of England visited Shanghai a few days ago, so and had a sitting room, kitchen, cooking room, and 3 bedrooms. I saw a we think the city of 12 million has been “spruced up” for her. small refrigerator, black & white 15” TV and a portable stereo radio. The windows had no screens and mosquito netting hung over the beds. The This concludes the “trailering” portion of the Roeser’s China Caravan, sitting room furniture was bamboo and beds were fiber mats on wood though they did continue on to see other parts of China by train and plane frames. The bedrooms and sitting room had linoleum on the floor. The before returning home. If you enjoyed reading about their trip to China, rest was concrete. please drop a line to Rich and Nancy and tell them so. They’ll appreciate it. Our guide told us there is an electricity shortage – 2 days a week there is no electricity from 7am – 6pm. He also said that Chinese who work as English-speaking guides are the best paid workers in China. Another China Caravan Correction: 10/21/1986 – Tuesday – Fuzhou In the June 2018 article, current members #13255 Wes and Cleared out of the trailer and into an “OK” hotel. Then we had a bus Annette King were accidentally not listed as China Caravan tour that stopped at an open-air market overlooked by a huge statue of participants because they were inadvertently left out of the 2018 Chairman Mao. Our guide said, “What irony, Mao was very opposed to Membership Directory. Wes and Annette were the leaders for capitalism and here many years later it flourishes at his feet.” China Caravan C8 and are still active in the Washington Unit! Together with the correction in the last issue, this brings the According to our guide some marriages are arranged in the cities. total number of current member China Caravan participants Dowries are paid in rural areas, but not urban areas. One child per to 6!

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WINTERIZING. This item has been written bypass and tape it over the switch. In bypass 6. Winterize by blowing out water lines with air about by various authors over the years. This the cold-in valve should be closed, the hot-out pressure – compressed air method: is a compilation that includes the items to be valve should be closed, and the by-pass valve considered when winterizing your trailer or (the one in the middle) should be open. • Screw on compressed air adaptor into the city motorhome. You may note some duplication – water connection. this should add clarity and emphasis as to what • Apply compressed air, keeping pressure to do and how to do it. 1. Drain and flush your black water tank. between 50 - 60 psi.

2. Drain and flush your grey water tank. • Open each faucet one at a time to force water out of lines. Winterizing is not only important but a necessity. 3. Drain and flush your fresh water tank. If you are in an area that freezes, you will almost • Depress toilet valve. Depress toilet hand spray, certainly blow up a water pipe, water pump 4. Drain and flush hot water heater. Reinstall if applicable. and/or a fixture if you do not do this properly. drain plug. If you are unlucky, you might even have a pipe • Depending on your unit, you may have an ice 5. If you have low point drain lines under your blow that is under the belly skin that will require maker, washing machine, etc. The lines to these trailer/coach: drilling rivets to remove large sections of the appliances will also need to be drained and aluminum at great expense. • Open the hot and cold faucets in your trailer/ blown out (consult owner’s manual). coach. • If you have an exterior shower, be sure to blow • Uncap the low point drain lines under the compressed air through this. First - To be most effective you should have a trailer/coach - let water drain completely. hot water heater bypass kit installed so that you • If you have a black tank flush, be sure to blow can bypass the water heater tank. Otherwise, • Recap/close the drain lines. compressed air in this fitting. you will need six or seven gallons of antifreeze • Purge the water pump by turning it on and to fill the tank, so you can fill the hot water • Close the hot and cold faucets. allowing air pressure to clear any water that may lines. With a tank bypass, you will only need • Remove any water filter cartridge, if be trapped in the pump itself. about one gallon of antifreeze. In the summer applicable. just run clean water through everything and you • Remove the compressed air adaptor from the are ready to go. HINT - Make a sign “Heater Note: The above items need to be completed city water connection. Bypass Valves,” indicate the direction the three before winterizing with compressed air or valves should be turned to enable or disable the antifreeze. • Add one cup of antifreeze to all sink drains, and, to the toilet. BLUE BERET / NOVEMBER 2018 29 CLUB NEWS

Summary: You can use an air compressor • Open the toilet valve and the shower valve Close all valves and put 50 - 60# of air pressure to blow the water out of all the lines. We until antifreeze flows through. into the lines. Then one by one open faucets and recommend about 50 to 60 psi and a clamp blow them out, including the low point drains on air fitting. You can obtain a male-water-hose • Add one cup of antifreeze to all sink drains, and the drain for the Alde hot water jacket, connector to air-valve-hook-up. Hook up the air and to the toilet. which is a flip valve – that may be located under hose and open at least one faucet before you • Shut off the antifreeze ‘T’ valve installed near the front dinette end cap. turn on the compressor. Make sure that there the water pump. is always one open faucet. We recommend you Install an antifreeze ‘T’ kit just before the water start with the hot water heater; after it is blown pump. You may need additional clear 1/4” line out, shut off the compressor, turn off the heater if the supplied line with the winterizing kit is not Summary: Using a special valve and hose input, bypass valves and close the heater clean out long enough. Put the valve in the winterizing pump non-toxic antifreeze through your water valve. Then open the bathroom hot water outlet mode and turn on the fresh water pump and pump to all outlets in the RV. You turn on the and turn on the compressor. Make sure you start pumping RV anti-freeze through the pump and open each individual faucet one at open each individual outlet, including the spray system. Open faucets/sprayers one at a time, a time until pure antifreeze is coming out. This hoses and water filter outlets, and allow them including the hot water jacket and the outside includes the toilet valve, its spray hose, the to completely drain. You should also blow out shower and the toilet to make sure the anti- kitchen spray hose and any external faucets. your external filter system and all the hoses freeze is through the system. Once done, drain You must do this for both the cold and hot water that have been used. Throw out your old water the whole system and capture the anti-freeze outlets. Then some antifreeze should be poured filters and add antifreeze to each sink, shower by draining it from the low points and back into into each drain and the toilet to keep them from and toilet drain to protect them. This approach is the gallon jugs. Blow out the lines again to get freezing. Open the hot water heater drain and the fastest and if done correctly, will completely as much of the antifreeze out as you can. Clean fresh water tank valves and leave them open protect your water lines, fixtures and appliances. up all the residual anti-freeze, pour some of the during winter storage. Also leave all faucet Be sure you have removed all the water from the captured antifreeze down the drains and the rest valves open. water pump. into the gray and black holding tanks.

This whole process takes just about an hour. NOTE: Blowing out the lines and then pumping This method drains the antifreeze used for 7. Winterizing using antifreeze: antifreeze through all parts of the system is purging the water lines and the hot water jacket • Use RV non-toxic antifreeze only. You will need the safest approach but may be considered and reuses it in the drains and in the gray and approximately one to two gallons. overkill if you have a trailer, depending upon black holding tanks. You could also just leave where you live. However, if you have a motor the antifreeze in place for the winter and purge • Make sure the water pump is off and faucets home with an Aqua-hot heater, fridge with the lines with water in the spring. Add one cup are closed. icemaker, washer/dryer, dishwasher etc. you of antifreeze to all sink drains, and to the toilet. Shut off the ‘T’ valve when done. • Close the water heater bypass valve if need to pump antifreeze to make sure all these units are thoroughly winterized. Check each applicable. Winter storage for your Airstream appliance instruction manual for winterizing • Purchase an antifreeze ‘T’ kit to install on the recommendations. Here are some quick tips that you may want to inlet side of the water pump connection. This consider: will allow you to pump the antifreeze from the • Wash and wax your Airstream (this will give jug into the water system. 8. Winterizing an Alde system: you an opportunity to inspect for any areas in • Switch on the water pump. It will start to Drain all the water from the WATER system. It need of attention). pump the antifreeze through the water lines takes a while, especially from the 2.5 gallon • Make a list of any items that you may find hot water tank. Do not touch the actual Alde • Open each hot and cold faucet lines one at a during your inspection that need to be repaired glycol system. You will need about three to four time until you see the noticeable red color of the but that you feel can wait until spring. Place gallons of RV anti-freeze. antifreeze flowing from each valve. inside unit where you will find the list next

spring.

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• Inspect the roof of your Airstream, check all • Lubricate hinges, awning brackets, step systems, etc., it is time to consider other items vents, skylights and covers for any cracks or to hinge points (this should help prevent rust and that also need attention. Walk around your rig make sure the covers are not missing; this can corrosion during storage period). and squirt a few drops of WD-40 onto every prevent damage from leaks over the winter. door and cabinet hinge inside and outside • Clean and apply a lubricant to all gaskets to your RV. Take the time to lay on a cloth full of • Correct any areas where the sealer appears to keep them pliable over the winter. (We have furniture preservative on all wood surfaces be degrading or fill any visible voids. recommended 303 Aerospace Rubber Seal inside to maintain those surfaces and to prevent Protectant in the past.) • Store your Airstream inside a building “brittleness” and surface stain. Don’t forget to whenever possible (an environmentally • The vent for the range hood should be latched lubricate your outside folding entrance steps. controlled building would be best). Don’t store using the travel lock clips. Turn all gas (propane) valves OFF. Cover all tires under trees or where there are weeds or tall with wheel covers to protect against freezing dry grass. Airstream does not recommend using a • Clean the interior of your Airstream, as well rot and sun damage. In the case of motorhomes, cover for trailers because it can leave marks in as range/oven, microwave. Also clean out fill the gas tank and add a few doses of gasoline the finish due to the cover moving when windy. refrigerator and leave doors open several inches preservative to maintain the chemical balance to prevent mildew. of the fuel in the tank (refer to preservative can • Park your Airstream on a concrete pad or a label for dose requirements - available at auto • Remove all non-sealed food from the RV so level area. If you are parking on bare ground, put supply stores). Lubricate both ends of your you are not encouraging any winter guests. something between the tires and the ground. hitches whether you tow a trailer or automobile. Spray an antibacterial deodorizer into your grey- • Check the tire pressure; fill the tires to the • You may also want to install some moisture wash water drain hose and into its storage tube. maximum sidewall cold pressure while being control in your Airstream, such as Damp-Rid Take the time to run a cloth containing rubber stored. or No-Damp dehumidifiers. If you have shore power available use a1500 watt electric heater gasket preservative over your outside window • If your Airstream is being stored outside cover set at about 40 degrees F and open anything gaskets to preclude winter dryness and summer your tires to prevent damage caused by UV rays. inside that you can to allow the warm air to leaks. (We have recommended 303 Aerospace reach all areas. Rubber Seal Protectant in the past.) Don’t • Charge lead acid batteries to full charge. A forget the vent gaskets and include the Fantastic weak battery can freeze and damage the case • If you have a motorhome, check all fluid vent gasket if installed. After checking your or reduce battery life. levels; change the oil; check anti-freeze (cooling propane valve(s) for OFF, open all your range system and windshield washer) and filters prior burners (stove) to drain off the trapped gases • You may want to disconnect the batteries and to storage. (do the same for refrigerator valve) as it assures remove them from your Airstream; you can keep easier relighting when needed. Leave open all them charged up by using a battery maintainer. • Make a point to start your motorhome and water faucets to vent out during nonuse periods. If you leave the batteries in the RV, you should generator each month. It is suggested running Periodically recharge your rig’s batteries to activate the converter at least once a month both at least 15 to 30 minutes at a time maintain the wet cells and prevent sulfation and to keep batteries charged. With the proper monthly. This will allow for circulation of the costly battery replacements. Lube your battery converter (three to four stage) you can just plug engine fluids as well as testing of the batteries if terminals to prevent rust coating. Your attention your unit into shore power and forget it. you do not remove them for the winter. to the above items can make your return to the • Drain all water lines and water systems • You may also want to add a fuel stabilizer to road much easier. including any holding tanks and the water keep your gasoline or diesel fuel from becoming heater. Also drain any water filters you may have stale, or to remove moisture. in the system; don’t forget your exterior faucets Thank you all for participating in the technical or outside shower. process by writing in with your questions and suggestions. We wish you all a happy and • Winterize your Airstream by blowing out the WINTER HINTS: If you are closing the door of joyous holiday season. Happy New Year! See water system with compressed air and putting your RV for a winter layover period, don’t walk you, safely, down the road. anti-freeze in all traps and toilet or pumping away satisfied that all will instantly return to full anti-freeze through the complete plumbing operation when you are ready to go. After you system. complete the winterization basics with water

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Doswell, Virginia Lew Brodsky #2585

Hello, Airstreamers of WBCCI! Greetings from the Commonwealth of and do that will amaze you, entertain you, and teach you what you didn’t Virginia, site of the 2019 WBCCI International Rally, to be held July 21-27 even know you didn’t know. near Doswell. You may be wondering why we don’t call it the “State” of Virginia. That’s because Virginia, nicknamed the “Old Dominion,” is one Beginning with this one, a series of articles about Virginia points of interest of four states that officially calls itself a Commonwealth (the three others: and attractions will appear in the Blue Beret in the months leading up Kentucky, Massachusetts and Pennsylvania). What’s the difference? to the International Rally. Nearby places and more distant destinations None, really. A Commonwealth is just another name for a unified territory, will be covered, so that you might consider touring in the days prior to, democratically governed by the people. But regardless of what you call it, during, and after the International Rally. We will talk about what you can Virginia is a special place...nearly 43,000 square miles of scenic beauty, see by driving in each of five compass-point directions from Doswell: history, proud traditions and diversity, not to mention the well known fact north, south, northeast, southeast, and west. The articles will provide that “Virginia is for Lovers.” capsule summaries of what’s where, website addresses, GPS coordinates, Interstate exit numbers, one-way mileage and approximate driving times. While in Doswell, you will meet many Airstreamers who know the territory. But if touring on your own does not appeal to you, we will also provide Your “local hosts” are the members of the WBCCI’s Region 3 clubs in details about several, organized, Airstream group tours being offered Virginia: Northern Virginia (NORVA) #110, Virginia #109, Tidewater #111, during Rally Week. and Shenandoah Valley #149. While the names of these four clubs are geographic, their memberships are not; each club includes members who In this first of six articles, let’s discover what there is to see and do live in various places throughout the Commonwealth. So, if you have any within a 35-mile radius (40 minutes or less average driving time) of the questions about traveling around Virginia, be sure to chat with one of the International Rally venue, The Meadow Event Park. Also, see the chart on Page 37. “locals” at the hospitality table set up in the Rally (“Farm Bureau”) pavilion.

For RVers on America’s Interstate highways, Virginia conveniently sits $ Secretariat Tour - You are already here at The Meadow Event smack in the middle of the east coast, halfway between Maine and Florida. Park! Learn the full story of the most famous racehorse in When you take your Airstream into Virginia, you enter a veritable hub of history, born and raised on this site. On a tram tour, you will American history, arguably unmatched by any other state. Eight American visit the farm’s mansion, and see photos and videos about the presidents called Virginia home, including founding fathers: Washington, great horse and his achievements. Jefferson, Madison and Monroe. Along the James River near the Virginia $ Kings Dominion - Roller coasters, other thrill rides, food, and coast, the first English-speaking colony in America was established shows at a major amusement theme park, just a couple of miles (Jamestown: 1607), and within the state’s borders are a great number from our Rally site. of Civil War battlefields where epic campaigns were fought (Peninsula, Manassas, Chancellorsville, Fredericksburg, Spotsylvania, Wilderness, $ Do a “Patrick Henry Petersburg, Richmond, Valley, and others). Throughout its 175 miles - Tour” - Get to know one south to north, and 425 miles - west to east, there are many things to see of Virginia’s most beloved patriots. See nearby “Scotchtown” (his home from 1771-1778), have lunch at his father-in-law’s Patrick Henry's Scotchtown Hanover Tavern, then drive 26 miles into Richmond to visit St. John’s Church, site of Henry’s famous “Give me Liberty or Give me Death” speech (March 1775) encouraging the American Revolution.

Downtown Fredericksburg, VA continued on page 36

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62nd Wally Byam Airstream Club INTERNATIONAL RALLY July 20-27, 2019 Doswell, Virginia REGISTRATION

Rally Fees – $265.00 for an RV On-Site with 30amp electric, water and pump outs; $110.00 for each Adult (18+); $40.00 for each Youth 13-17; Free for Children (12 & Under). There will be two (2) other camping options: #1 – Solar Area (no generators permitted) and #2 – Generator Area where usage will be allowed between the hours of 8 a.m. to 8 p.m. All options include water and pump outs. Lifetime Member Discount $20.00 (limit 1 per registration). Handicapped Parking – Special parking, if requested, is near the central rally area for members with a doctor-approved state/government issued permit on file with the Corporate Manager of WBCCI prior to arriving at the rally site. Pre-Registrations – Through the courtesy of Airstream, Inc., all members registering for the rally will be eligible to participate in a drawing for up to a total of $2,000.00 in awards. The award may be redeemed at any Airstream Dealership or at the Jackson Center Service Facility for parts and service. Staging Area – We will make every attempt to park you on your assigned parking date. Members may park from 8 a.m. to 8 p.m. Members arriving after 8 p.m. may stay in the Staging Area with no services. CANCELLATION POLICY – Refund requests emailed to [email protected] by May 25, 2019 will receive a refund less a $50.00 administrative fee. Refund requests received on or after May 26, 2019 are subject to a 50% penalty. NO refunds after July 6, 2019.

Checks payable to: “WBCCI” US Funds Only Rally Parking: Parking dates will be distributed Spring 2019 Mail to: WBCCI, P.O. Box 612, Jackson Center, OH 45334 Notes: Handicap Parking subject to verification by HQ

FOR REGISTRARS ONLY: Registration Date: Rec’d By:

Payment Type: Cash Check Card PayPal Amt Paid: $ Check #:

62nd Wally Byam Airstream Club International Rally July 20-27, 2019 Doswell, Virginia WBCCI#:

Last Name: First Name: Email: Cell: Last Name: First Name: Email: Cell: Address: City: State/Prov: Zip/Postal Code:

Rally Attendee(s) Quantity Info Quantity Rate Amount Parking Options Yes RV On Site Yes = 1 No = 0 $265.00 $ Handicap Adult (18 & Over) (Each) Enter number $110.00 $ Vintage Youth (13 - 17) (Each) Enter number $ 40.00 $ Interests  Child (12 & Under) Enter number $ 0.00 $ 0.00 First Timer Solar Camping Discount Yes = 1 No = 0 $ -50.00 $ Band Member

Generator Camping Discount Yes = 1 No = 0 $ -50.00 $ Amateur Radio Club Lifetime Member Discount Limit 1 $- 20.00 $ Free Wheelers GRAND TOTAL: $ Full Timers

Registration Date: Rec’d By: Registration Source: Mail Online Officer Rally Handicap Permit: On File Update Requested Updated Payment Type: Cash Check Card PayPal Amt Paid: $ Check #:

BLUE BERET / NOVEMBER 2018 35 INTERNATIONAL RALLY continued from page 34 Combined Choral and Band Concert at International! Airstream traditions continue! Your Airstream International Chorus and Band need YOU!

We are planning a joint concert for the Doswell International in Virginia. To make that happen, we need choristers and band instrumentalists to contact us by March 1st with your commitment to join the fun.

Rehearsals will take place July 15-19, 2019, so you get Early Parking and prime locations. Chorus Conductor Bob Hawkins and Band Conductor Monument Avenue, Richmond, VA Greg Heuer need to hear from you via email so we can select great music. No auditions; all experience levels welcome!

$ While in Richmond, tour the glorious state Capitol Building If you’re already registered or thinking about coming, drop us a quick note (designed by Thomas Jefferson), see the “White House of the to get on the Communication List. Heuer will coordinate the sign up list. Confederacy” and Civil War Museum, take a walk in beautiful Email to him - [email protected]. Hollywood Cemetery (an arboretum where two U.S. presidents are buried) then drive down the famous Monument Avenue, to see its Contact Information: beautiful homes and several plazas featuring majestic monuments to Greg Heuer, Conductor Confederate war heroes (as well as an imposing statue of hometown WBAC #1927 tennis great, Arthur Ashe). Richmond also features a noteworthy 189 Dogwood Lane Museum of Fine Arts and the Virginia Science Museum. The affluent Nellysford, VA 22958 suburb of “Short Pump,” 16 miles northwest of downtown, has a 434-298-4650 collection of great stores and restaurants for shopping and fine dining.

$ Drive 37 miles north to the City of Fredericksburg, stop at the city’s Visitor Center for a map to take a walking tour of its historic downtown. Visit the nearby boyhood home of George Washington and the house where his mother, Mary Washington, lived when he was our first president. Her grave is there, too. Tour four Civil War battlefields in this area after visiting the National Park For the preliminary Service Battlefield Visitor Center: Fredericksburg (December 1862), Chancellorsville (April-May 1863), Wilderness and Spotsylvania schedule, tours, Courthouse (both May 1864). vendors and the most In next month’s Blue Beret: What to see and do driving westward from The Meadow Event Park. up-to-date information, go to Monroe's Grave, Hollywood https://doswell.wbcci. Cemetery net/

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Points of Interest Distance Website GPS Within 40 miles of (miles, Coordinates direction, The Meadow Event Park drive time)

Secretariat Race Horse Tour 0 www.meadoweventpark.com 37.85209N at The Meadow Event Park -77.42445W 13191 Dawn Rd., Doswell, VA 23047

King’s Dominion Theme Park 2.0 www.kingsdominion.com 37.84676N 16000 Theme Park Way west -77.44776W Doswell, VA 23047 4 min. 804-876-5000

Scotchtown, Patrick Henry’s Home 12.0 www.preservationvirginia.org 37.84407N 16120 Chiswell Lane, west -77.58740W Beaverdam, Virginia 23015 20 min. 804-648-1889

Hanover Tavern (1733) 8.2 www.hanovertavern.org 37.76244N 13181 Hanover Courthouse Rd. southeast -77.36730W Hanover, VA 23069 10 min 804-537-5050

St. John’s Church (“Liberty or Death”) 26.3 www.historicstjohnschurch.or 37.53192N 2401 E. Broad Street south g -77.41943W Richmond VA 23223 29 min. 804-648-5015

Virginia State Capitol Building 25.7 https://virginiacapitol.gov/ 37.53953N 9th & Grace Streets south -77.43391W Richmond, VA 23219 30 min. (804) 698-1788

Monument Avenue, Richmond, VA 24.9 https://www.nps.gov/nr/Travel/ric 37.55361N Drive its length to see beautiful homes south hmond/MonumentAveHD.html -77.45975W and monuments to the Confederacy 28 min.

Hollywood Cemetery 25.2 www.hollywoodcemetery.org 37.54045N 412 South Cherry Street south -77.45292W Richmond, VA 23220 30 min. 804-648-8501

White House of the Confederacy - 25.4 https://acwm.org/ 37.54097N American Civil War Museum south -77.42961W 1201 E Clay Street 30 min. Richmond, VA 23219 804-649-1861

City of Fredericksburg: 37.0 https://www.visitfred.com/ 38.30082N Martha Washington’s home north -77.45792W 4 Civil War Battlefields 35 min Ferry Farm (Washington’s Boyhood home) City Visitor Center: 706 Caroline Street 706 Caroline St, Fredericksburg, VA 540-373-1776

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2019 Caravans More Than Six Weeks

Joan Anderson, Caravan Promotions

There are Airstreamers who are free to travel for unlimited miles and have parks will captivate your interests and your cameras. After Zion National unlimited time. For those, the following caravans are offered - these will Park and visiting the North Rim of the Grand Canyon, there will be four run for more than six weeks! days beside Lake Powell enjoying a boat trip on the lake, a Colorado River raft float trip, and a walk through a photogenic slot canyon. Our final Southwest Adventure 49 Nights 12 Stops stops will take us back into New Mexico to explore Gallup, and then the Dates: August 20 - October 8, 2019 finale at the Balloon Fiesta in Albuquerque – where there will be a chance Leaders: Gary & RoseMarie Anderson #9181, Winston & Carol Montague to ride in a hot air balloon! #807 Cell phones: 850-896-0567 & 850-866-7658, 850-491-7444 & 850- 212-3726 E-Mail: [email protected] Don’t forget your America the Beautiful Senior passes (formerly the Golden Kitty Fee (estimated): w/2: $4700, w/1: $3700, guest: $1400 Deposit: $300 Age Pass) (to save you money in the National Parks) and your National Payment Dates: 2/1/2019 - $2200 4/1/2019 - $2200 Park Passport book for stamps! We will be visiting Mesa Verde, Arches, Cancellation Fee: $50 before 2/1/2019 plus non-refundable deposit, Canyonlands, Capitol Reef, Bryce Canyon, Zion, and the Grand Canyon leaders’ discretion after 2/1/2019 North Rim.

August, September and October capture the awesome beauty of the fall landscapes of the Southwest region of Come prepared to have fun with your fellow caravanners! the United States. The caravan begins in Albuquerque, NM, then discovers Santa Fe by trolley and onto Taos. Viking Trail – (Standby Only) 52 Nights 17 Stops Dates: Mid July – early September 2019 Leaders: Murray and Pat Leggatt #11489 What is to be found around the corner in the Four-Corners region of Email: [email protected] Colorado, Utah, Arizona, and New Mexico, that other tourists may not Kitty Fee w/2: $7000 Canadian Dollars w/1: $6300 Canadian Dollars see? This caravan visits Indian pueblos and reservations in order to help Guest: $1000 Canadian Dollars you learn about the cultures from native guides. Deposit: $500 Canadian Dollars All payments to be made in Canadian dollars. Payment Date: 1st deposit - once caravan position offered, 2nd due about Nov 1, 2018 The grandeur of the scenery will amaze as you ride a narrow-gauge train Date Balance Due: about Feb 1, 2019 up to Silverton, Colorado, hike to the “Palace” in Mesa Verde, or truck into Cancellation Fee: $50 Canadian Dollars, Leaders’ discretion after Jan 1, Monument Valley. Moab, Utah provides gorgeous views in the surrounding 2019 national parks of Arches and Canyonlands and excitement with “slick- The Newfoundland caravan is starting just over the Maine border, at St rock jeep riding.” Whether using a camera at Capitol Reef National Park, Andrews by the Sea, and then will work its way to the Cape Breton ferry or riding a mule into Bryce Canyon, or seeing the “Narrows” at Zion, the to spend approximately 45 days in Newfoundland. See the tidal bore,

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a Bay of Fundy phenomenon and visit the first Classic Airstream Club settlements inhabited by Europeans in North Pat Shaw, President America while immersing yourself in a culture which developed isolated because of its rugged At the time of this writing, the CAC website was still “Under Construction”. terrain. Our focus will be on enjoying the Be patient; it will be completed soon. Remember, if you own a classic- wonderful people who live on the island and all styled, iconic aluminum Airstream trailer, YOU may be a member of they have to offer. CAC. This includes all sizes and models from a Bambi to a 34 footer. Membership fee is only $10. Applications will soon be available on the website. Unique geologic features abound as well as puffins, moose, and salmon jumping in unspoiled nature. Kiss a cod! Plan on lots of good food and music from the communities we visit. Happy Thanksgiving! We are now in full swing of our fall season, and many of us are sadly tucking our Airstreams away until next spring. But… here’s the good news. This is the perfect time to begin thinking and Trips include whale, iceberg and fjord boat tours, visiting a Viking village, planning a CAC caravan. Ten to twelve day caravans are in demand. zip lining over falls, and seeing historic sites that capture this island’s Perhaps you have some interesting sites to visit in your area that we would stories. You will feel you’ve gone back to a better time. Make the trip enjoy touring. Or, you might have an exciting festival nearby filled with yours with opportunities for breathtaking hikes and beach combing, cod adventure for us to experience. If you are considering a caravan in the and salmon fishing opportunities, day trips to Labrador and Fogo Island. future, please let me know ([email protected]). So much to see and we will do our best to make it amazing! Get away from it all and join us. We would love to have you! CAC wishes you a Happy Thanksgiving filled with joy.

Note: Your rig should be in good working order and equipped to handle Airstreaming travel maintenance in more remote areas. Although we will plan most stops for hookups, be prepared to manage without for a few days. 50 amp is not always available. You may appreciate having a CB, warm clothes, binoculars to see the whales and dolphins and if you enjoy fishing, think about bringing your equipment. Be prepared to get wet, walk and drive in rugged terrain, and check websites for typical weather so you can plan accordingly.

Do not be put off by the Standby Only note. People drop out for various reasons and those on the standby list might be able to get in on the fun! Standby lists alert the caravan committee that many people are interested in taking that particular caravan. Plans then can be formulated to accommodate interested Airstreamers in the future!

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restaurants, boutiques, galleries and furniture stores. For the next 25 Airstreams on years, the downtown area thrived. Then came the great recession of 2008 Mainstreet and, like much of the country, downtown Havana was dealt a devastating blow to its economy. Businesses closed, buildings were vacated and the Havana, Florida luster of this beautiful small town was severely tarnished. April 4 - 7, 2019

Jay Thompson Fortunately, a small core of businesses survived and are now coming back. Havana Main Street was launched in May of 2017 to assist What’s Happening? in the revitalization of the downtown area and preservation of the historic foundation that we inherited. Come visit. The feel of this historic town will Downtown Havana will be open for Airstream parking. At this enrapture you. boondocking rally, generators are permitted 7:30 AM-7:00 PM. Arrive with a full fresh water tank and empty grey and black tanks. There is no rally fee and parking is free. A full schedule of activities is planned. We want you to patronize the local restaurants for your meals. Havana Mainstreet Meet the business owners. Almost all are family owned and operated. and the merchants are providing rally entertainment and music. They know what personal service means. Wander around the many shops and restaurants residing in 50-100 year old buildings. It is like taking a step back in time. Hope to see you soon. (Taken from HavanaMainstreet. com) About Havana…Florida

Havana’s historic downtown was built to service the Shade Tobacco industry that flourished from the late 1800’s until 1970. Foreign Sign up soon as only 50-60 rigs will be accepted. competition soon dominated that industry and eventually Havana’s shade tobacco era came to an end. Downtown became a ghost town with many closed storefronts, neglected and unoccupied buildings. To register for the rally, copy and paste the following URL to your browser. Complete the registration form and click “Submit” to send it to Jay Thompson, rally registrar. Beginning in the early 1980’s, the downtown was revived with the advent of some young entrepreneurs that started up the antique business. https://form.jotform.com/81989177648176 Their success grew and with it many new businesses opened, including

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reading a book or watching the evening news right now. What would you REGION 1 be doing right now if you were not a member of the Airstream Club? With J. Rick Cipot, Contributing Editor so much to offer and with so many taking advantage of all the wonderful http://region1.wbcci.net things our club offers why is it that we have a lack of members in many regions to fill the officer positions of our clubs? Speaking as someone Yes, every year about this time we say “I can’t believe how fast the year who knows, there is no pain, nothing embarrassing, doesn’t really cost has gone”. And then here we are, that time of year again. Now that we all you anything, nothing damaging to your character, and really not too much have our year-end reports into Jackson Center, have our officers in place different from what you are already doing in your club, having a good time. and a good rally schedule in the works for next year, perhaps we should What it comes right down to is that without our officers we have no club. give thanks for another great year of traveling, camping and good times with all of our Airstream Club friends. I know that Sandi and I had a great The very first section of the Blue Beret I go to when it is published is year with our club and Oz even made a few new friends along the way. the new member section. First I count the number of pages and then I actually read each one. More than once I have come across someone How does this all work? How is it that year after year we have great I had met along the way. How exciting. Possibly someone who stopped events to attend, new friends to be made and adventures around each me at a campground to ask about Airstreams or someone whose path corner? How is it that we can travel five hundred miles with twenty fellow I crossed at Camping World. I do remember a family I chatted with at a Airstream owners, not get lost, have a wonderful place to camp for the gas station a few years back; I gave them a few Airstream Life magazines night and feed our brains and our tummies at the same time? How is it and we exchanged cards. They are now Airstream owners and belong to that we can gather with folks from all four corners, coast to coast, border a club outside of our region and we are looking forward to seeing them to border and all have so much in common? The answer is quite easy, at International some year. Yes, all because we belong to the WBCCI WBCCI Airstream Club. If it were not for our wonderful club, imagine where Airstream Club. you would be. Imagine all the places you would not have seen. Imagine all of the wonderful people you would not have met. What if Wally decided to I always fly my Past President Flag because I am proud to have served focus on food trucks and not camping trailers? Hey, don’t get me wrong, I our club and I continue to do so. Sandi and I always ready for the next love to cook and eat but not for a line of strangers banging on my window Airstream adventure and all the fun we have along the way. I am happy on some sidewalk. So, how does this all work? that I became involved and rose through the ranks of our club. I learned a bit along the way and made a difference as each and every volunteer First and foremost, a gathering of likeminded individuals who have an does. That is what keeps our clubs going year to year, volunteers. No you interest in travel, adventure and friendship is how it all starts. Of course are not filling sandbags or knocking on doors, your offering to give a little the common denominator is the aluminum, our wonderful Airstreams. The bit of your time to the club you love and enjoy so much. It’s quite simple, bond grows a little more each time we gather as we find the adventure raise your hand and become the person who wants to give a little back in down the road is always better when you share it with others. An additional return for all of the great adventures we have shared so far and for all of ingredient to the success of our club is the common need for knowing how those that we are going to create tomorrow. to fix things. I learned early on, if you see someone with a tool box follow them. My thirst for knowledge about our wonderful Airstreams started well before we purchased one and not a year goes by when I don’t expand that knowledge. Twenty years ago I could care less how many amps you REGION 2 might be able to squeeze out of a flexible solar collector. Back then a pig Debbie Hammer, Contributing Editor tail was something you found on a pig and a tongue was something in http://region2.wbcci.net the butchers cooler that I had no interest in. Not today! Then there is the almighty Happy Hour – the perfect forum for exchanging repair stories, Welcome to November! This time of year is the unofficial end of the upgrades, woes and quick fixes. And yes, the exchange of recipes for that trailering season for most of us in the Northeast and Mid-Atlantic states. delightful salmon dip Betty placed on the table. In September Mark and I returned from the first run of the New York (State) Now, what does all of this wonderful reflection have to do with our club? State of Mind Caravan, the first caravan in a long while to focus solely Everything. Without our club none of the before mentioned would ever on and be held solely in Region 2. It was very interesting researching the happen, it is that simple. So how does our club work? With volunteers. places to visit and reliving our early memories of traveling around New Without rally hosts, caravan leaders and club officers I would probably be York State. And what fun it has been and what wonderful people we have

BLUE BERET / NOVEMBER 2018 41 REGION NEWS met when we were on the caravan itself. Twenty five days seemed way These Region 3 Airstreamers are thankful for Airstream friendly parks and too short to see all that NYS has to offer! would like to share their thoughts:

When we see folks on other caravans, we are sure that they are not doing William and Betty Patton (Virginia): Smith Mountain Lake, VA; Claytor Lake, the things we are doing and they are certainly not doing it for such a VA; Paradise Park, Punta Gorda, FL; Cool Breeze Campground, Galax, VA wonderful price. Airstream Caravans are a great financial value as well – Tim Johnson (Georgia): Top of Georgia, GA; Mystic Springs, Pensacola, FL; compared to other caravans. As we voice our thanks for many things this Land Yacht Harbor, Melbourne, FL Thanksgiving, let’s remember the excellent caravans that are the heart of the Airstream experience. Jan Werner (Florida Treasure Coast): Top of Georgia, GA

And let’s also remember that Region 2 does not have anyone in the Gene and Sarah Patch (Florida Airstream Club): The only one we have Presidential “pipeline” after Rich Short assumes the presidency in July of stayed in thus far is Top of Georgia. We stayed there the second day after 2019. If no one volunteers, the Region runs the risk of being absorbed purchasing the Airstream and we loved it. Went back a month later for a into another Region. second visit.

No one wants this to happen! But it can and it will! Babs Kall (Georgia): Top of Georgia, GA; Highland Haven, VA

So please, after you read this article, sit for a moment and ask yourself if George D. James III (Western North Carolina): Top of Georgia, GA; Palmetto you can rise to the occasion – if you can be part of the solution. Cove (prior to 2017), SC; Paradise Park, FL

Anne Seslar (Carolinas Unit of North Carolina): Highland Haven, VA REGION 3 Joan Anderson, Contributing Editor http://region3.wbcci.net REGION 4 Susan Stigleman, Contributing Editor If you are really thankful, what do you do? You share! http://region4.wbcci.net

W. Clement Stone, philanthropist In Region 4’s neck of the woods, we have installed our new officers and we’re looking forward to all that the upcoming year has to offer. New Unit As November and Thanksgiving approach, it is time to reflect on those Presidents make certain you have filled out and returned the New Officers blessings that we are most grateful for: our family and friends, our homes Reporting Form and send in your Activities Schedule so it may be included and neighbors, our town and our country. As Airstreamers, we are in the Blue Beret. Once again thank you to all that have volunteered to be grateful for our Airstream friends, our units, our region and WBAC (Wally unit officers. Byam Airstream Club) and all the joys that they bring into our camping experiences – rallies, caravans, courtesy parking, bloggers and Internet Our silver beauties are preparing for a long winter’s nap here in Region 4. pages! Or perhaps you are planning to escape the cold and explore warmer and sunnier spots. You may want to consider the Mid-Winter IBT, in As members of Region 3, we can be grateful for many Airstream friendly Robertsdale, Alabama on January 21-25, 2019. parks that are relatively close to home and have attractive parking rates for Airstreamers! Have you signed up for the Region 4 Rally? You will want to soon, sites Florida – Land Yacht Harbor, Melbourne, FL are limited. “Lake Erie Shores and More” will be held in Oak Harbor, Ohio Mystic Springs Cove Park, McDavid, FL at the Ottawa County Fairgrounds May 15-19, 2019. Contact Don Hetzler [email protected] or visit www.region4.wbcci.net for more details Paradise Park, Punta Gorda, FL and to sign up. We hope to see you there. Georgia – Top of Georgia Airstream Park, Helen, GA Your Region 4 Officers would like to wish the members a season of joy- Tennessee – Tennessee Cumberland Plateau Campground, Crossville, TN filled moments!

Virginia – Virginia Highland Haven Airstream Park, Copper Hill, VA

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Until next time, safe travels! Save the Date: REGION 6 January 21-25, 2019 Mid-Winter IBT Robertsdale, AL Mark Magie, Contributing Editor May 15-19, 2019 Region 4 Rally Oak Harbor, OH http://region6.wbcci.net July 20-27, 2019 International Rally Doswell, VA The members of Region 6 are keeping the WBCCI family on the East Coast, and the Region 3 area, in our thoughts and prayers as they clean up from damage caused by high winds and rains from Hurricane Florence, and put their lives back in order.

REGION 5 The Region 6 Rally in Lebanon, TN last month was “Fall Fun in Lebanon” Bob Whitesell, Contributing Editor and it lived up to its name! Tours during the rally included the Hermitage, http://region5.wbcci.net Belle Meade Mansion, Belmont Mansion and the Country Music Hall of Report from the President Fame. Those attending were entertained by a repeat performance from ventriloquist David Turner and his troupe of dummies including Tad Short, Greetings to all members of Region 5 and hope you are all enjoying the and recording artist Johnny Carver who originally recorded “Yellow Ribbon” fall weather. We just returned home to a rainy Chicago last night after and had five top ten songs and 36-charted singles. The 2019 Region 6 spending the last 6 days in beautiful and sunny Springfield, Illinois. This Rally is October 10-14 in Muscle Shoals, AL. was the location for our Region 5 Rally. We camped in very nice sites at the Illinois State Fairgrounds. Though attendance was somewhat low, we For many Region 6 members, November is a favorite camping time had a fantastic Rally. The attractions in and around Springfield that most because of the beautiful autumn colors and cool temperatures. For of us visited included: The Lincoln Museum and Library, Lincoln’s tomb, others, it is a time to begin winterizing their rigs. Thoughts of Christmas The Illinois State Museum, The Old Capital, The New Capital, The Supreme approaching and club and unit holiday gatherings fill our minds. Many Court House, Frank Lloyd Wrights’ Dana Thomas Home, Salem Sites, The units will be gathering to exchange gifts or donate to needy elderly and Illinois Military Museum and many others. The weather was perfect, warm children, and those in hospitals. sunny days and cool nights. We enjoyed daily Happy Hours and made Also around the region, the Arkansas Razorback Airstream Club gathered good use of our large club grill. Chris and Nancy Seplak handled the flag/ at the Buffalo National River (the first river in the United States to receive a opening ceremony on Wednesday afternoon followed by an ice cream National designation) November 1-4 at Buffalo Point Campground. Dutch social. Our annual business meeting was held at Maldener’s Restaurant oven cooking was the focus at the rally. Saturday night and was attended by all members. Overall, the Rally was a great time. The 2019 Region 5 Rally will be held September 18–22, so The Louisiana Airstream Club members will hold their “Angels on the put it on your calendar. The location will be announced at a later date. Bluff Rally” November 8-11 at Riverview RV Park in Vidalia, LA. Angels on the Bluff is an elaborate presentation at the Natchez City Cemetery Get out there and enjoy the rest of your unit activities. The Northern with selected gravesites featured. The Club’s final rally of 2018 will be Illinois unit only has one event left for this year and then it will be time to a Christmas Rally, November 19–December 2, at Dellanera RV Park in winterize the rig. Galveston, TX. I am still looking for volunteers for Region 5. Specifically we need a 2nd VP The Mississippi Airstream Club will hold its Christmas Rally, November and a newsletter editor so please contact me if this is a position you would 28–December 1 at the Central Hills Baptist Assembly in West, MS. consider. Remember that this club is run by volunteers and we need your help to keep things running smoothly. The Nashville Music City Airstream Club will hold its “Fun in the Fall Rally” November 16-18 at Montgomery Bell State Park in Burns, TN. Thanks all and keep safe. Safe travels during the upcoming holidays. Bob and Sandy

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that last year and more changes are in the works for this year. It’s great to REGION 7 see these changes throughout the club. I think new Airstream owners are Don Thomson, Contributing Editor able to determine which unit they want to belong to when the name of the http://region7.wbcci.net unit reflects more precisely its location.

Good morning Region 7 Airstreamers and all. Region 7 just completed the We thank all of those members who have stepped forward and Heritage Days Rally in West Fargo, ND. It was a great history lesson on volunteered to be an officer or committee chairman or webmaster or the early agriculture of the Red River Valley of the North. The rally reports a host for a luncheon or a rally. Let’s support these good folks by our were good. attendance and participation in the upcoming activities.

Now on to the next big event in Region 7. Folkorama 2019 to be held As for your region presidency, the winter months are just as busy as the in Winnipeg Manitoba Canada August 6- 13, 2019. This is subject to rest of the year, as they plan the spring rally. The Region 8 “A Capital change but seems real firm. You will have time for a nice trip from the Experience” will be in Topeka, Kansas, at the end of April. Many tours International in Virginia , past the great lakes to Winnipeg. Time to get of the area are being planned, including a guided tour of the newly your passports out and dust them off. It is the only WBCCI Special Event refurbished Capitol Building. Museums of all kinds are on the agenda; Rally to be held in Canada in 2019 This is a really big deal in Canada as it from Brown vs The Board of Education to Evel Knievel! Of course, good is the 50th Anniversary of this event. Folkorama is the largest folk festival food and fun times are always on the agenda. There will be much more held in Canada. Folkorama extends over a 2 week period where well over information available in the next couple months. Hope to see you there! 40 different ethnic groups display their ethnic history. They have over 20 Be safe and warm Region 8! venues presented the first week, change over the weekend, and over 20 different venues present the second week. It does not matter what your ethnic background is there is sure to be a venue for you. We expect to see 3 shows the first week and 3 different shows the second week. We get let off at the door and go right in and sit down - no long lines. The pass we REGION 9 get for you will allow you to go to as many additional presentations as you Bill Kindle, Contributing Editor desire. The presenters take a few days off and immediately start to get http://region9.wbcci.net ready for next year. These are really class acts. We have been informed When you read this, most of our Region 9 units will have installed their that this event is getting lots of press in Canada and often sells out early. new officers. All will have been installed in the next few weeks. It is good We are now off to the Minnesota and Wisconsin installation rallies. We to see that most Region 9 units have a full slate of officers and planned also have a couple of gallons of RV antifreeze real handy. Where did activities for 2019. summer go. As always - be safe. The activity planning for our Region 9 rally is underway. Our rally is coming together and will be a lot of fun. Get your cowboy duds ready and plan to join us in Bandera. If I have not confirmed with you those that served as a REGION 8 rally chair for different events, I will contact you in the next few months. I’m sure you know by now that our Region Membership Chair is leaving Beth McCall, Contributing Editor http://region8.wbcci.net our Region. They will be moving to North Carolina to be closer to family. Rae has done a great job with our membership chair responsibilities. Well, here we are again - at that time of the year where some of us are Dorma Kindle will fill in temporarily until we can find someone to take over winterizing our rigs for storage, and some of us are planning our routes to this chair. Thanks Rae for your dedication to Region 9 and all the hats you go south. Here in the central plains, the Farmers’ Almanac predicts one and Ron have worn. lousy winter. Gosh, I can hardly wait. We are open to suggestions for the location of our Region 9 rally for 2020. Our fall rallies are over; new officers have been installed and unit goals It sounds like a long way off but time goes by quickly any more, and 2020 have been made for the new year. I’m sure we will see more unit name needs to be announced during the 2019 region rally. I am looking for an changes come up at the Mid-Winter IBT. Three of the Region 8 units did area that has an activity going on that would supplement our region rally activities. Let me know if you have any suggestions.

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I hope to visit several unit rallies during the next year. It is interesting Well, that is a wrap for Region 10, except to say, that I hope everyone to see each unit’s way of conducting a rally plus the campgrounds they has a wonderful Thanksgiving dinner and that December will have lots are using. Camping areas run from National Grasslands with few if any of Holiday cheer with families (including your Airstream family!) Merry hookups to urban camping in the case of our Texas Country Air Rally. We Christmas and Happy Hanukkah! are fortunate that for the most part we have year round camping in Texas.

That’s all I have for now. See you down the road. REGION 11 Robert Doster, Contributing Editor REGION 10 http://region11.wbcci.net Carol Ortiz, Contributing Editor The Denco Unit will be meeting at Cinzzetti’s Reno Room in Northglenn, http://region10.wbcci.net Colorado. Northglenn is on I-25 north of Denver.

Well, the beautiful Northwest summer has come to an end. It is definitely The New Mexico Unit is having their Installation Rally on November 8-11 fall. The rains have begun and the leaves are turning colors. However, at the Coronado Campground near Bernalillo. It is located just fifteen miles as I am writing this, the news is full of the rains as a part of Hurricane north of Albuquerque on highway 550. The campsite edges the Rio Grande Florence. Our hearts go out to all those experiencing the flooding and on the west with views of the Sandia Mountains on the east. Numerous horrible damage. We have nothing to complain about. In fact November historical and geologic attractions are in this unique area. All region 11 is the month of the USA Thanksgiving. Indeed, there is much for which we Units are welcome to come camping and enjoy a special area that many can be thankful. have passed on their way to some other destination.

Region 10 Units are beginning to think about winterizing or escaping to the On November 21-25, the Four Corners Unit is hosting a Buddy Rally in south (Southern CA, Arizona and our Treasurer goes to Texas). Montana the Caballo Lake State Park. This campground along the Rio Grand River and Alberta/Saskatchewan have had their last rally for the year. They are has a covered main shelter with power and mini shelters with 30amp looking forward to a winter luncheon, if the snow doesn’t interfere. power and water throughout the campground. Located near Truth or Consequences on US 25, the site provides stunning views, great camping Idaho members will meet on November 10 for their Harvest Dinner. It will accommodations and easy access. be held at Louie’s Pizza & Italian Restaurant at 6 PM in Meridian, ID. The Usselmans and Settles are the co-hosts. I just have one question for them: On the same date as the Four Corners Unit Caballo Lake Rally in New How do you harvest pizzas? Mexico, the Four Corners Unit is having a Rally in Arizona at the Riverside Lake Pleasant Regional Park in the Coyote Group Area. While the Rally Except for Breakfast at Ricky’s in South Surrey every Tuesday at 9 AM is limited to 15 rigs, it is a great place to celebrate Thanksgiving on the (check with Tom Akam if you plan to come), the British Columbia Airstream shore of Lake Pleasant. It is located a few miles west of I-17 and north of Club has finished their rallies for the year. However, several of their Phoenix. Bring bikes, kayaks ,fishing poles and sides for the turkey feast. members plan to caravan to Mexico, leaving January 18 and not returning until March 20. Caravan leaders are Michel & Ellen Bourassa. Wow, does their itinerary sound fun and they will really be going south!

The Oregon Airstream Club has finished their rallies for the year, however, REGION 12 you can meet for breakfast on the first Saturday of each month at the Old Robert Stansbury, Contributing Editor Market Pub & Brewery in Portland at 9 AM. Bill Leppo is the host. http://region12.wbcci.net

Finally, the Washington Unit is planning a Thanksgiving dinner on Hello, California and Nevada Airstreamers. Well it’s November and I hope November 17 and a Christmas Rally, December 14-15. Both will be held you have all renewed your membership and are looking forward to all the at the Washington Land Yacht Harbor. In January, date and place TBD, activities that will take place in 2019. the members will be enjoying a winter luncheon. Stay tuned to the Unit newsletter for details. By now, all the clubs in WBCCI should have elected your new slate of officers for next year. The Officer Reporting Form should have been sent

BLUE BERET / NOVEMBER 2018 45 REGION NEWS in to the Central Office. If you have any questions about this information, check with your club president.

December 15 is the deadline for all clubs to report what activities will be held in the next year. This is so the information for your club will be In Memoriam accurate as it appears in the Blue Beret magazine over the upcoming year. The way WBCCI functions as an organization is valuable for all of us The officers and members of Wally Byam Caravan Club to know, as we may find ourselves in a leadership role sometime in the International, Inc. express their sympathy to the families and future. friends of these departed members.

Elections for your Region Officers will be held in the beginning months Fowler, James (064-NH)...... #10236 of 2019 and whoever is elected will be installed at the International Rally in Virginia. Anyone can run for President, 1st VP or 2nd VP of the region. Hanson, Thomas (162-WV)...... #3423 These offices currently have a time period of 2 years each. I certainly enjoyed my tenure as President. Our Region had a big impact on WBBCI McCarty, Darren (062-NE)...... #3115 during that period. Longworth, Richard (041-IN)...... #16744 Let’s keep our three marquee events in mind that R12 sponsors. The Nixon, Cynthia (150-SC)...... #19480 Rose Parade Rally that is held every year in December. The Region Rally held every year in October. The next Cali Rally will be held in the Spring of Penrod, Bob (049-KY)...... #10201 2020. I hope to see you at all these events as we travel down the road. Rose, Jean (000-FL)...... #2158 Selle, Richard (038-IL)...... #4321 EUROPE Ian Jamieson, Contributing Editor http://europe.wbcci.net

Things are cooling off now and we hear less of members travelling around Europe. Children are back at school but there are still weekend trips being taken to enjoy the autumn (fall) landscapes.

The rally in the north of England organized by one of the new dealerships was well attended by members and the connections between the English dealers and WBCCI Europe looks set to develop further.

Work is ongoing to set dates for the 2019 rallies and it is hoped we will see more next year, see them happening in more countries and create more arrangements to help US/Canadian members attend. We have yet to see rallies in the Netherlands, Norway, Belgium and Italy to name a few possibilities. Rallies don’t happen by magic or even activity by board members. Each has its organiser so we are inviting more members to look at the possibilities in their country. And, of course, as I write this, there is still time to meet up in 2018.

Member numbers continue to increase. Next year will be bigger than ever starting with our base of over 100 Airstreams.

46 BLUE BERET / NOVEMBER 2018 AIRSTREAM From the Vice President of Sales Greetings from your extended family here in Jackson Center, OH! I hope everyone is ready for the holiday season to begin with family and friends.

We have been very busy again this month here in Ohio. The new production facility is definitely underway with a lot of dirt being moved. Although a lot of work has been done the last 60 days, we have run into a few delays due to some soil issues and dealing with more rain than we normally see in the fall. I hope to get some good pictures over the next few weeks to share with all of you of the progress. Even with the delays, there is still a lot of excitement building around the new facility.

We recently launched a new 25FB Globetrotter into the marketplace. After the release of the 27-foot Globetrotter Travel Trailer last year, one of the most common requests has been a smaller floor plan that Lenny Razo maintains the Globetrotter’s contemporary aesthetic.

With the same modern touches and European-inspired interiors, the new 25-foot Globetrotter answers that call. The Globetrotter’s crisp modern lines, luxurious finishes, and a light-filled interior are still there - just in a smaller package.

Finally, we are excited to report record sales for the Pomona Show this past October. Our exclusive dealer did a great job on displaying and representing our Airstream brand at the show.

Each year around the holidays, I am reminded of the many blessings I have in both my personal and business life. The one thing I am so thankful for are great customers like each of you. The passion you each share for our brand and company is amazing and much appreciated. On behalf of 1000 hard working families here in Jackson Center, Ohio, I would like to thank you from the bottom of our collective hearts for your business. It means the absolute world to all of us and our families!

Happy Airstreaming -

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Rick March, General Manager Customer Relations Group Rick March, General Manager Customer Relations Group

Greetings! As I write this article in early October, I am sure a number In most cases owners believe the valve itself is bad and needs replaced of you have already finalized your travel plans to head south to warmer when this happens. The correct answer is the valves can be rebuilt rather weather for the winter. Hopefully someday I will be included in this number than replacing them, meaning that you don’t have to cut the PVC piping but for now I haveGreetings! to stay here in As Ohio and I just write hope for this a mild winter. article to rebuild I them. am It will here take a little in effort Lewisburg, to cut a hole West Virginia attending the in the tank pan for International Rally. It is great seeing access but once such you a large number turn have out the access, for it will this be easier event the next time and the I am glad I received an email recently (Thank You Mr. Jackson) asking me to cover valves need attention. Follow the steps below to repair. the down andhad dirty topic the of dump opportunity valves. What do to I do when visit one of my with many of you. I am having a great time and I am glad have the valves alwaysopportunity leak when I take the to cap off? bring I will try to explain our the small process team and perform Step some 1 service work, parts sales, etc. here. There was some devastating flooding There to are many this different designs area to just the dump before my arrival. My thoughts valves depending and on the Dump Valves Leaking in the closed Position prayers go out to all the families size of the trailer who and were impacted by this disaster the floor plan. and I picked one I of the hope more common they have a types for the pictures I will share. The first step is to study the dump valve The black and grey tank dump valves are blade style valves that require quick recovery. location and determine the correct spot to drill an access hole to get you you to pull a handle to open the blade assembly and dump the specific started. Remember all tanks are set in the tank pan with ½ inch of foam tank. When closed the blade presses in to a rubber gasket sealing the insulation so you always have a space to drill but be careful not to go too contents in theOn tank. We the hear from forums time to time this from customers past that month when I was reading a post from an owner asking how and where he far. With a small flashlight you can usually see into the cutout area around in the closed could position and jack removing up the seal his cap, trailer. they always get a small I will cover this along with stabilizer pad options and how you can use the dump valve handle to visually see the plumbing behind the tank pan puddle of liquidthem that spills to out. In actually most cases the reason help for this you is that change a tire if needed. (picture below). Once you have drilled your starting hole, you will need a solids, debris, or toilet paper did not get completely cleaned out during good pair of tin snips to cut the entire access. What you are wanting to the dump process. Then when they close the blade valve the debris gets gain access to are the large hose clamps that are holding the plumbing forced into the gasket not allowing it to completely seal. This is why it is Where is the best place to jack up my trailer? into the tank. The access hole will usually measure about 2ft. X 2ft. to gain recommended to use your black tank flush every time you dump your access to both the black and grey plumbing hose clamps. After the hose tanks if your trailer is equipped. Airstream clearly marks jack points clamps on are all loosened, trailers by adhering you a can remove “JACK” the black sticker and grey dump under valve the trailers pull as seen below. These labels point handles to and then the remove small aluminum plates riveted the complete to assembly the out of the underside access hole of the you cut. This will allow you to rebuild the valves on a bench or table. Below trailer. These points mark the main is a picture frame of a typical rail. The trailer should tank always and dump valve be assembly jacked so you can up see using the the frame rail and never jacked up middle on is the the best place axle. to start your This access point. could cause damage to your torsion axle. Leaking Dump Valve Assembly

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Thetford Valve Valterra Valve Shine a flashlight in this area to see the dump valve plumbing

Thetford Repair Package Valterra Repair Package 009872 601607-101

Once you have the screws removed, the valve will come apart into two sections. You will need to remove all gaskets and clean thoroughly. Usually Typical Tank and Dump Valve Assembly Layout warm soapy water will work fine for cleaning.

Once it is clean you can install the new gaskets from your repair kit and Step 2 reinstall the screws to put the valves back together. Now that you have the plumbing assembly out from the trailer and on Step 3 the bench, you will need to remove the screws that hold the valves together. Airstream has used two different styles of valves through the Now you can reinstall the dump assembly back in to the tanks and tighten years,Thetford and Valterra. The easiest way to tell which style you the hose clamps to keep them in place. When I reinstall the assembly have is by color. The Thetford valves are white and the Valterra is black. I apply Adseal sealant (Part Number 365330-01) to the fitting before Thetford was the valve used on all Classic models while Valterra was used pressing it into the tank. Similar to the picture below. This will allow it to on Safari, Sport, and Flying Cloud. A few years ago Airstream switched slide in to the tank area and keep liquids sealed in. completely to the Valterra brand. The Thetford repair kit works for both grey and black valves while Valterra makes a separate kit for each style of valve. Once you have determined which style of valve you have, make sure your gasket repair kit matches the brand. Below are pictures of the two styles of valves, screw removal points, and the repair kit for them.

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Sealant Applied to Fitting

Now it is time to make a patch to cover the access hole we cut in the tank pan at the beginning. I use sheet aluminum and make the patch one inch larger all the way around so I have plenty of room to fasten it in place. Pictured below. Use 3/8 inch sheet metal screws to fasten the patch to the tank pan. 1965 Globetrotter belonging to Bette Crelly, #1735, and 1965 Safara belong to Shirley Bollinger & John Lopez, #3547, in the Santa Cruz Redwoods - submitted by Shirley Bollinger, #3547

Bottom View of Tank Pan with Patch

I would love to hear from you and if you have a suggestion or topic you would like to see covered in a future article or have a question, just drop me a line at [email protected] .

Have a great month!

Our 2003 Land Yacht motorhome at Rocky Point Resort on Upper Klamath Lake near Klamath Falls, Oregon - submitted by Linda Maddox, #7831

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Winter is here it’s time to WINTERIZE!! If you are not heading south for the Winter, make sure your Airstream is ready for the Winter Season. Call the Factory Service Center today to schedule an appointment to have your unit Winterized! Airstream Factory Service Center 419 West Pike Street Jackson Center, OH 45334 (937) 596-6111 ext. 7403

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International Rally

2019 Jan 21-25 IBT Rally, Robertsdale, Alabama Jul 20-27 2019 International Rally, Doswell, Virginia

National / Special Event Rallies

Dec 28- Jan 1, 2019 Rose Parade Rally, Pasadena, CA Jan 3-6 Canopener 2019, Santa Rosa Beach, FL Apr 4-7 Airstreams on Mainstreet in Havana, FL Aug 4-10 Galax Old Fiddlers Convention, Galax, VA National Caravans

2019 Mar 5-20 N-48-D STANDBY ONLY Cajun Country - Leaders: Schwarz/Gardner Ph. 630-561-1703

Mar 26-Apr 11 N-48-E STANDBY ONLY Cajun Country - Leaders: Schwarz/Gardner Ph. 630-561-1703

Apr 2-May 9 N-48-C American Civil War - Part III, War in Virginia - Leaders: Spillman/Racavich Ph. 225-405-4057

Apr 10-May 20 N-48-A American Revolution - Southern Campaign - Leaders: Jones Ph. 703-780-6597

Apr 25-May 15 N-48-G Springtime in Kentucky - Leaders: Weisenberger Jul 10 - Aug 31 N-48-N STANDBY ONLY Viking Trail - Leaders: Leggatt email: ps67. Ph. 859-653-5519 [email protected]

May 21-Jun 14 N-48-K STANDBY ONLY Taste of the Blue Ridge - Leaders: Combs Aug 20-Oct 8 N-48-F Southwest Adventure - Leaders: Anderson/Montague Ph. 336-558-5532 Ph. 850-896-0567

May 22-Jun 15 N-48-J Springtime in the Rockies - Leaders: Heist/Hewins Sep 7-21 N-48-P Ores, Shores, Waters, and Lights - East - Leaders: Ph. 402-304-1843 DeLeeuw Ph. 517-250-5060

Jun 21-Jul 10 N-48-M STANDBY ONLY Canadian Rocky Mountain - Leaders: Sep 26- N-48-S Sho-Me the Ozarks - Leaders: Garrett Collinson Ph. 416-232-2882 est Oct 27 Ph. 417-293-2487

Jul 10-Aug 19 N-48-L Nor' by Nor'East - Leaders: Lake Ph. 781-837-2539 Oct 1-Nov 2 N-48-O Southeast Coast - Leaders: Bacon Ph. 423-775-4237

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Washington DC Unit - http://wdcu.wbcci.net REGION 1 Watchung New Jersey Airstream Club - www.watchungunit.org Nov 11 Luncheon 11:30 AM, Chimney Rock Inn, 41 Rte 31N, Flemington, NJ, Region 1 Website: http://region1.wbcci.net Michael Koczwara 609-915-9834, email: [email protected] Dec 8 Installation Luncheon 11:30 AM, Paulo's Bar & Rest, 2341 Plainfield Ave S, Plainfield, NJ, Steven Tancer 551-206-4521, email: steventancer@ gmail.com Cape Cod Massachusetts Airstream Club - www.capecod.wbcci.net Charter Oak Connecticut Airstream Club - http://connecticut.wbcci.net REGION Dec 2 Holiday Luncheon, Gelston House, East Haddam, CT, Joyce Rousseau 203- 3 264-5372 Region 3 Website: http://region3.wbcci.net New England Airstream Club - http://newengland.wbcci.net Nov 2-4 Echo Lake Rally, Cannon Mtn, Franconia, NH, Duesel/Baillargeon 508- 2019 485-2087, email: [email protected] Jan 3-6 Canopener 2019 Rally, Santa Rosa Beach, FL Northeast Mountaineers Airstream Club - http://nemountaineers.wbcci.net Apr 4-7 Airstreams on Mainstreet, Havanna, FL Apr 24-28 Region 3 Rally, Marion, NC Quebec Canada Unit - http://unitquebec.wbcci.net Aug 4-10 Galax Old Fiddlers Convention, Galax, VA Nov 24 Holiday Brunch, Maman Fournier, 3125 Boulevard des recollets, Trois- Big Bend Florida Airstream Club - http://bigbendflorida.wbcci.net Rivieres, QC, Helen Blais & Jean-Claude Chardola 450-472-6152 / 514-758-0668, email: [email protected] Nov 16-18 Installation Rally, Sugarmill RV Park, 4857 McMillan Rd, Ochlocknee, GA, Tom Beyer, email: [email protected] Carolinas Unit of North Carolina - http://carolinasnc.wbcci.net REGION Nov 1-4 Myrtle Beach Rally, Ocean Lakes Family CG, 6001 S Kings Hwy, Myrtle 2 Beach, SC, Rocky Johnson 336-971-0971, email: rjohnson153@triad. rr.com Region 2 Website: http://region2.wbcci.net Coastal Georgia Airstream Club - http://coastalgeorgia.wbcci.net

Florida Airstream Club - http://floridaunit027.wbcci.net Al-Mon-O Pennsylvania Unit - http://al-mon-o.wbcci.net Nov 8-11 Rock Crusher Rally, Rock Crusher RV Park, 237 S Rock Crusher Rd, Crystal River, FL, Gerald or Meriam Reed 239-825-3620, email: Central Maryland Unit - http://centralmarylandunit166.wbcci.net [email protected] Nov 28-Dec 2 Ft. Christmas Volunteer Rally, 1300 Fort Christmas Rd, Christmas, FL, Central Pennsylvania Unit – http://centralpenn.wbcci.net Frank Carson 321-704-2568, email: [email protected] Florida Springs Airstream Club - http://floridasprings.wbcci.net Delaware Valley New Jersey Unit – http://dvnju.wbcci.net Florida Suncoast Airstream Club - http://suncoast.wbcci.net Delmarva Unit - http://rehobothboardwalk.com/wbdelmarva Florida Treasure Coast Airstream Club - http://ftcu.wbcci.net Hudson-Mohawk New York Unit - http://hudmo.wbcci.net Georgia Unit - http://topofgeorgia.wbcci.net Keystone Pennsylvania Unit - http://keystone.wbcci.net Nov 3 Fall Luncheon Noon, Plumsteadville Inn, 5902 Easton Rd, Pipersville, PA, Northern Virginia Airstream Club - http://northva.wbcci.net Barb Hillegass 610-573-8037, email: [email protected] Dec 15 Holiday Luncheon Noon, Spinnerstown Inn, 2195 Spinnerstown Rd, Nov 1-4 Oyster Festival Rally, 200 block of Waverly Rd, Urbanna, VA, Lew Brodsky Spinnerstown, PA, Barb Hillegass 610-573-8037, email: guageguy2@ 703-441-0122, email: [email protected] gmail.com Dec 8 Holiday Get-together 1 PM, Jones Home, Alexandria, VA, Ed Jones 703- 475-0573, email: [email protected] Metropolitan New York Airstream Club - http://metrony.covvo.com Palmetto State Airstream Club - http://palmettostate.wbcci.net Mid-Atlantic Unit - http://midatlantic.wbcci.net Nov 9-11 Thanksgiving Rally, Palmetto Cove RV Park, 521 Table Rock Rd, Cleveland, SC, Bob Wilson 864-918-2430, email: [email protected] New Jersey Unit - https://sites.google.com/site/njunitoriginal Piedmont North Carolina Unit - http://piedmontunit.wbcci.net Nov 8-11 Installation Rally, Raleigh Oaks RV Resort & Cottages, 527 US Hwy New York Finger Lakes Unit - http://nyfingerlakes.wbcci.net 701 S, Four Oaks, NC, Todd/Debbie Stroud 919-491-3905, email: [email protected] Ontario Canada Unit - http://ontarioairstream.wbcci.net Shenandoah Valley of Virginia Unit - http://shenandoahvalleyofva.wbcci.net Penn-Lehigh Unit – http://penn-lehigh.wbcci.net

Pennsylvania Unit - www.pennsylvaniaunit.wbcci.net

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South Carolina Coastal Unit - http://sccu.wbcci.net Miami Valley Unit of Ohio - http://miamivalleyohio.wbcci.net Nov 2-4 Back to Nature Rally, Tanner's Wigwam, Hemingway, SC, Parniece Dawson Nov 7 Breakfast 9 AM, Fairborn Family Diner & Rest, 419 N Broad St, Fairborn, 843-259-1937, email: [email protected] OH, Dan Eagle 937-654-6582, email: [email protected] Dec 4-7 Pre-Christmas Rally, Huntington Beach SP, Murrel's Inlet, SC, Parniece Dec 5 Breakfast 9 AM, Fairborn Family Diner & Rest, 419 N Broad St, Fairborn, Dawson 843-259-1937, email: [email protected] OH, Dan Eagle 937-654-6582, email: [email protected] Dec 7-9 Annual Christmas at the Beach Rally, Ocean Lakes CG, Myrtle Beach, SC, Parniece Dawson 843-259-1937, email: [email protected] Mohican Valley Ohio Airstream Club - http://mohicanvalleyohio.wbcci.net/

South Florida Airstream Club - http://southflorida.wbcci.net Northern Ohio Virtual Airstream Unit - https://sites.google.com/view/campnova Jan 8-13 Experiencing the Mennonite Community Rally, Sarasota FG, 3000 Ringling Blvd, Sarasota, FL, Donna Laurie 954-798-2676, email: donna@ajlaurie. Southeastern Michigan Airstream Club - http://metrodetroitunit137.wbcci.net com Southeastern Camping Unit - http://secamping.wbcci.net The Western Reserve Camping Unit - www.westernreserve.wbcci.net Nov 2-4 Big Pig Jig Rally, Georgia Veterans SP, 2459 US 280, Cordele, GA, Matt Hackney 706-830-8039, email: [email protected] Dec 12-16 Jingle Farm Rally, Land-O-Lakes, FL, Lisa Forsyth 402-306-0497, email: [email protected] REGION Tidewater Virginia Unit - www.tidewater.wbcci.net 5 Nov 1-4 Urbanna Oyster Festival, hosted by Northern VA Unit, Tom Carmichael Region 5 Website: http://region5.wbcci.net 804-245-1710, email: [email protected] Virginia Unit - http://virginia.wbcci.net Central Indiana Airstream Club - www.centralind. wbcci.net Western North Carolina Unit - http://wnc.wbcci.net Nov 3 Luncheon 11 AM, MCL Township Line, 2370 W 86th St, Indianapolis, IN, Chris Dillow 770-713-7060, email: [email protected] Dec 1 Luncheon 11 AM, MCL Township Line, 2370 W 86th St, Indianapolis, IN, Chris Dillow 770-713-7060, email: [email protected] REGION 4 Indiana Airstream Club - http://indiana.wbcci.net Region 4 Website: http://region4.wbcci.net 1st Mon each month except December: Dinner 5 PM, Ponderosa Rest., 5009 S Scatterfield Rd., Anderson, IN, Richard Parrish 765-378-7560, email: rparrish1932@ icloud.com 2019 1st Thurs each month except December: Dinner 6 PM, Sara's Family Rest., 5792 Coventry May 15-19 Region 4 Rally, Oak Harbor, OH Ln, Fort Wayne, IN, Chris Seplak 260-409-4750, email: mama. [email protected] Akron Ohio Unit - https://akronohio.wbcci.net Nov 10 Thanksgiving Luncheon 11:30 AM, Santosuossos Pizza Pasta Vino, 3725 Kentucky Airstream Club - http://kentucky.wbcci.net Medina Rd, Medina, OH, Glenn & Helen Patsch 330-721-9817, email: Dec 8 Christmas Banquet 12:30 PM, Woodford Inn, 140 Park St, Versailles, KY, [email protected] David Peyton 606-495-7238, email: [email protected] Dec 8 Christmas Luncheon 11:30 AM, RoseVilla Rest, 368 Portage Lakes Dr, Akron, OH, Gary & Pat Auman 330-696-8203, email: jauman2346@aol. Northern Illinois Airstream Club - http://northernillinois.wbcci.net com Appalachian Unit of West Virginia - http://wv.wbcci.net/ Southern Indiana Unit - http://southind.wbcci.net

Cincinnati Ohio Unit - http://cincinnati.wbcci.net WBCCI Illinois Lincolnland Airstream Club - http://lincolnland.wbcci.net Nov 3 Fall Harvest Brunch 10 AM, Golden Corral Rest, 3350 Village Dr, Middletown, OH, I-75, exit 32, Mark Kennedy 937-609-9415, email: [email protected] Dec 9 Christmas Party 12:30 PM, Manor House Rest, Maple Knoll Village, 600 Maple Trace, Springdale, OH, Mark Kennedy 937-609-9415, email: [email protected] REGION 6 Columbus Ohio Unit - email: [email protected] Region 6 Website: http://region6.wbcci.net

Mahoning Valley Ohio Unit - www.mvou.wbcci.net Nov 10 Luncheon 1 PM, Salsitas, 5495 Clarkins Dr, Youngstown, OH, .5 mi. N of Alabama Unit - http://alabama.wbcci.net/ Rt 46 exit from I-80/I-76, Bob & Eileen White, email: bewhite@ameritech. 2nd Mon each month: Dinner 6 PM, Montgomery, AL area, call for directions, Paul Aehnlich net 334-277-9647, email: Dec 1 Luncheon 1 PM, Mary Yoder's Amish Kitchen, 14743 N State St, [email protected] Middlefield, OH, approx 1 mi. N of center of Middlefield on Old State Rd TBA each month: Luncheon North Alabama, Andrea Patterson 256-679-7039, email: (608), Dave & Nancy Brett, email: [email protected] [email protected] TBA each month: Birmingham area luncheon/dinner, John Burton 205-631-2895, email: [email protected]

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Arkansas Razorback Airstream Club - http://arkansasrazorback.wbcci.net/ Iowa Unit - http://iowaunit.wbcci.net Nov 8-11 Buffalo River Rally, Buffalo Point CG, Yellville, AR, Jason Landrum, email: Nov-Apr 1st Thurs each month: Brunch 10:30 AM, Golden Corral Rest., 1868 N. Power Rd., [email protected] Mesa, AZ, Doris Jean Cabalka 480-216-8096, email: cdjcabalka@juno. com East Tennessee Airstream Club - http://airetn.org Nov 10 Luncheon Noon, Sullivans Fine Foods, 7545 S Northshore Dr, Knoxville, Kansas City Missouri Unit - http://kansascityunit.wbcci.net TN, Nancy Moschler 865-622-3709, email: [email protected] Nov 3 Luncheon 11:30 AM, Olive Garden, 6750 W 95th St, Overland Park, KS, Anna Janesko 816-820-3071, email: [email protected] Greater New Orleans Airstream Club - http://gnola.wbcci.net/ Dec 1 Christmas Luncheon 11:30 AM, June's Northland, 614 Pottawatomie St, Leavenworth, KS, Debra Doll 913-219-4317, email: [email protected] Louisiana Airstream Club - http://louisiana.wbcci.net/ Missouri Greater Ozark Unit - http://mogreaterozarkunit.wbcci.net Nov 8-11 Angels on the Bluff Rally, Natchez City Cemetery, Riverview RV Park 318- 336-1400, 100 Riverview Pkwy, Vidalia, LA, Billy Guidry, email: billygb@ Dec 1 Christmas Luncheon 11 AM, Pitch Pizza & Pub, 2924 E Sunshine St, hotmail.com Springfield, MO (Southern Hills Shopping Center), Joyce Allen 417-499- Nov 29-Dec 1 Dickens Christmas Rally, Dellanera RV Park, 409-797-5102, 10901 8097, email: [email protected] Termini-San Luis Pass Rd, Galveston, TX, Diane Morrill 225-328-4721 / Gerald Peltier 504-388-5537 Nebraska Airstream Club - http://nebraskaunit.wbcci.net 2nd Mon each month: Luncheon 11:45 AM, Parker’s Smokehouse, 16880 Hwy. 6, Ashland, Mississippi Airstream Club - http://mississippiairstream.wbcci.net NE, corner of Hwy 6 & 63, James Wright 402-419-1112, email: james@ Nov 28-Dec 1 Christmas Rally, Central Hills Baptist Retreat, 6377 Attala Rd 4227, West, justwrightsharpening.com MS, J.C. Prather 662-210-0458, email: [email protected] North Iowa Airstream Club - http://northiowaunit.wbcci.net Music City Airstream Club - http://nashville.wbcci.net/ Dec 1 Luncheon 11:30 AM, St. Ave Cafe, 1312 S Story St, Boone, IA, Fred Marcalus 515-310-2816, email: [email protected] Pensacola Florida Unit - http://pensacolaflorida.wbcci.net/

Tennessee Unit - http://tennessee.wbcci.net West Tennessee Airstream Club - http://memphis.wbcci.net REGION 9 Nov 9-11 Fall Thanksgiving Rally, Hernando Point CG, Hernando, MS, take I-55 (MS) to exit 271/MS 306 W, turn R onto Hwy 51 N, go 3 mi., turn L at Wheeler Region 9 Website: http://www.region9.wbcci.net Rd, go about 5 mi. following signs to CG, Jessie & Cathy Vest 901-337- 2019 3733, email: [email protected] May 6-11 Region 9 Rally, Bandera, TX East Texas Lakes Unit Nov 2-4 Rally, Garner SP 830-232-6132, 234 R.R. 1050, Concan, TX, Isaac REGION 7 Holmes 214-592-3109 Dec 1 Luncheon 11:30 AM, El Conquistador Rest, 1516 Old Brandon Rd, Region 7 Website: http://region7.wbcci.net Hillsboro, TX, Isaac Holmes 214-592-3109 / Wanda Sumner 254-221- 0504 Dec 7-9 Christmas Rally, Tyler SP 903-597-5338, 789 Park Rd 16, Tyler, TX, decorate your RV - get one night free parking, Isaac Holmes 214-592- 3109 Minnesota Airstream Club - http://minnesota.wbcci.net Greater Houston Airstream Club - http://GHAC155.wbcci.net North Dakota Peace Garden Unit - www.nodak.wbcci.net Nov 8-11 Ready-Set-Gobble! Rally, Crocket Family Resort, 75 Dogwood Lane W, Crockett, TX, Jerry & Tracey Calvert 832-549-5042, email: jerry. Wisconsin Unit - http://wisc.wbcci.net [email protected] Nov 2-4 Birthday Bash & Luncheon, Potawatomi SP, Door County, WI, Ed & Sandy Dec 6-9 Christmas & Officer Installation Rally, Coushatte Recreation Ranch, 812 Emerick, email: [email protected] / [email protected] Nelius Rd, Belleville, TX, Red & Nancy Childers 361-983-2937, email: [email protected] Heart of Texas Camping Unit - http://hotc.wbcci.net TBA Monthly Activities TBA, please visit our website REGION 8 North Texas Unit - http://ntxu.wbcci.net Nov 8-11 Installation Rally, NTAC, Hillsboro, TX, Stephen Woodward 972-896-4592, Region 8 Website: email: [email protected] http://region8.wbcci.net Dec 8 Luncheon, Spring Creek BBQ, Burleson, TX, Stephen Woodward 972-896- 4592, email: [email protected]

Greater St. Louis Airstream Club - http://gslunit.wbcci.net Oklahoma Unit - http://oklahoma.wbcci.net Dec 1 Gift of Giving Holiday Luncheon 11:30 AM (bring a wrapped child's toy), Oct 10-14 Fall Oklaluma Rally, Sequoyah SP, 17131 Park 10, Choctaw CG, Hulbert, Sybill's Rest, 1100 N Jefferson, St. James, MO, Jane Elgin Bartlett 573- OK, Larry Walters, email: [email protected] 578-0435, email: [email protected]

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Texas Alamo Unit - http://texasalamo.wbcci.net

Nov 21-25 Thanksgiving/Christmas Rally, Johnson Creek RV Resort & Park, 4279 REGION Junction Hwy, Ingram, TX, Cathy Willis 210-744-4555, email: capwillis@ 11 yahoo.com Region 11 Website: http://region11.wbcci.net Texas Gulf Coast Unit - www.texasairstreamharbor.com Nov 9-11 All American Rally, TAHI, 714 Angelina, Zavalla, TX, Pam Pearson 409- Arizona Airstream Club - http://azairstream.com 679-0220, email: [email protected] Dec 14-16 A New Slate Rally, TAHI, 714 Angelina, Zavalla, TX, Pam Pearson 409- Denver Colorado Unit - www.denco.wbcci.net 679-0220, email: [email protected] Nov 10 Luncheon 11 AM, Cinzzetti's Rest., 281 W 104th Ave, Northglenn, CO, Tamara Phalen 303-941-8701, email: [email protected] Texas Highland Lakes Unit - http://thlu.org Dec 1 Luncheon 11 AM, Holiday Luncheon, Mt. Vernon Canyon Club, 24933 Nov 8-11 Installation Rally/Wie geht's? Alles gut!, Fredericksburg RV Park, Club House Circle, Golden, CO, Shari Davis 303-733-2044, email: shari@ Fredericksburg, TX www.fbgrvpark.net, Ed Addicks 979-251-0602, email: insideout-design.net [email protected] Four Corners Unit - http://fourcornersunit.com/ Texas Hill Country Unit - http://thcu.wbcci.net Nov 21-25 Thanksgiving Buddy Rally-NM Edition, Caballo Lake SP, NM-Riverside CG Nov 7-11 Thanksgiving/Installation Rally, Travelers World, 2617 Roosevelt Ave, San Group Site, East off I-25 (exit 63) S of Truth or Consequences, NM, Maria Antonio, TX, Shannon Wylie 210-323-1742, email: shannonwylie248@ Beck & Lynn Eubank, email: [email protected] hotmail.com Nov 21-25 Thanksgiving Buddy Rally-AZ Edition, Lake Pleasant of Maricopa Co Regional Parks, Coyote Camp Group Area (Dry Camping), Approx. 15 Texas Plains Airstream Club mi. W of I-10 on Rte 74, then N on North Castle Hot Springs Rd,, Ken http://www.texasplains.wbcci.net Johansen & Suzanne Duke, email: [email protected] Dec 28-Jan 2 New Year's Rally, Picacho Peak SP, AZ, Quail Group Area (Dry Camping), 1st Sat each month: TBA, Betty Jay Foley 806-687-5921, email: [email protected] W off I-10 near Eloy, AZ (between Phoenix & Tucson), Louis Hall & Sergio 1st Sat each month: Dinner 6 PM, El Patron Rest., 3401-I-40 W, Amarillo, TX, Dick Lanham Quiros, email: [email protected] 806-674-9849, email: [email protected] New Mexico Unit - http://newmexico.wbcci.net Dec 8 Christmas Luncheon & Officer Installation, Saltgrass Steak House, 8300- I40, Amarillo, TX, Jan Thompson 806-681-8270 Utah's Wasatch Airstream Club - http://utahswasatchairstreamclub.wbcci.net

Wyoming Unit - http://wyoming.wbcci.net REGION 10

Region 10 Website: www.region10.wbcci.net REGION 12

Region 12 Website: http://region12.wbcci.net Alberta-Saskatchewan Unit - http://albertasaskatchewan.wbcci.net Dec 28- British Columbia Airstream Club - www.airstreambc.com Jan 1, 2019 Annual Rose Parade Special Event Rally, Pasadena, CA Every Tuesday: Breakfast 9 AM, Ricky's Country Rest, 2160 King George Blvd, South Surrey, Oct 9-13 Region 12 Rally, Bakersfield, CA BC, Tom Akam 604-538-4149 Central Coast California Unit - www.centralcoastairstream.wbcci.net Dec 2 Christmas Party, 5 PM, Pat Quinn's Rest., 5133 Springs Blvd, Tsawwassen, BC, J. Christenson 604-809-9321, J. Tuason 604-868- Nov 16-18 Chula Vista Rally, San Diego KOA, 111 N 2nd Ave, Chula Vista, CA, Jot & 7551 Linda Hollenbeck 310-544-1705, email: [email protected] Jan 12 Traveland Airstream Dealer Luncheon, 9 AM Exec Mtg, 11 AM Gen Mtg, Dec 7-9 Pismo Sands Rally, Pismo Sands RV Park, 2220 Cienaga St, Oceano, CA, Langley ByPass, Langley, BC, Tom Akam 604-538-4149 Judy & Walt Bremer 805-543-9633, email: [email protected] Idaho Airstream Club - http://idahounit.wbcci.net El Camino Real Airstream Club - http://elcaminoreal.wbcci.net Nov 14-17 Past Presidents Rally, Guajome Reg. Park, 3000 Guajome Lake Rd, Montana Airstream Club Oceanside, CA, Mary Tico 760-518-3674, email: [email protected] Nov 28-Dec 1 Installation Rally, Palm Desert, CA, Kathy Green 760-525-1903, email: http://www.montanaairstreamclub.com [email protected] Oregon Airstream Club - www.oregonunit.wbcci.net Golden West California Unit - http://goldenwest.wbcci.net

Washington Unit - http://washingtonunit.wbcci.net Greater Bay Area Airstream Club - http://greaterbayarea.wbcci.net Dec 14-16 Christmas Rally, WLYH, 9101 Steilacoom Rd S.E., Olympia, WA, Darlene Leslie 360-459-8749, email: [email protected] Greater Los Angeles Airstream Club www.greaterlosangelesairstreamclub.wbcci.net

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Lake Tahoe Airstream Club - http://laketahoe.wbcci.net/ Sierra Nevada Unit - http://sierranevadaairstreams.org/snu Nov 9-11 Rally, Jackson Rancheria RV Park, 12224 New York Ranch Rd, Jackson, Nov 17 Luncheon 11:30 AM, Plaza Hotel, 801 S Carson St, Carson St, NV, Gail CA, Kathy Hampel 925-640-0404, email: [email protected] Williams 951-552-4801, email: [email protected] Las Vegas Airstream Club - http://nevada.wbcci.net South Coast California Unit - http://southcoastcal.wbcci.net All club events can be found on our website. Northern California Airstream Club - http://norcal.wbcci.net Nov 7-11 Buddy Rally, Sugar Barge RV Resort & Marina, Bethel Island, CA, Pat Lazzereschi 209-712-5884, email: [email protected] Nov 28-Dec 2 Rally, Jackson Rancheria RV Park, Jackson, CA, Pat Lazzereschi 209- 712-5884, email: [email protected] San Diego California Unit - www.airstreamsandiego.com EUROPE Nov 15-17 Rally, Pala Casino RV Resort, 11042 Hwy 76, Pala, CA, Daniel Smith 858- 699-7803, email: [email protected] Dec 7-8 Christmas/Induction Rally, Chula Vista RV Resort, 460 Sandpiper Way, WBCCI Europe Website: Chula Vista, CA, Daniel Smith 858-699-7803, email: dipperhd@hotmail. - http://europe.wbcci.net com

Ridgway Circle the Wagons Rally, Denver Colorado Unit - submitted by Carolyn Beardshear, #7982

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all season? We’re the perfect stop! Full hookups mid-way between the dazzling casinos of Atlantic Notice with cable TV & WI-FI. Reasonable rates, area City and the Victorian charm of Cape May. This attractions and site of Autumn Leaf National Rally. seashore area features lots of things to do and ADVERTISEMENTS SHOULD BE TYPEWRITTEN. Near Clarion, PA - four miles south of I-80, Exit 64 see. Jersey Shore Haven allows you to relax with THE “BLUE BERET” IS NOT RESPONSIBLE FOR on SR 66; Ph. 814-764-8963; www.pennwood. 4-point hookups on wooded sites but be close THE ACCURACY OF HANDWRITTEN SUBMISSIONS. org Open 5/1 to 10/15. to the action of the busy seashore area. Jersey Shore Haven, 728 Dennisville Rd., P.O. Box 99, S. MYSTIC SPRINGS COVE is an Airstream only park Seaville, NJ 08246. Ph. 609-861-2293, website: Miscellaneous 25 miles N of Pensacola FL on US Hwy 29 N. 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BLUE BERET / NOVEMBER 2018 59 2019 WBCCI National Caravans N-48-A AMERICAN REVOLUTION – SOUTHERN “Cajun Two Step” at world famous “Fred’s Lounge” in Mamou. Tap your CAMPAIGN 4/10-5/20/2019 feet while swaying to the music at Savoie’s Music Store’s Saturday morn- START: NEW BERN, NC STOP: WILLIAMSBURG, VA ing jam session. Enjoy “Rendezvous des Cajuns” performance at the his- From our school days, we all learned about the American Revolution – toric Liberty Theatre in the heart of Cajun Country. These plus many other the Boston Massacre, the Boston Tea Party, Patrick Henry’s “Give me adventures will help you understand the meaning of the Cajun phrase, “la- liberty or give me death” speech, and the harsh winter at Valley Forge. sez le bon temps roulet”, let the good times roll. Take a boat ride through a We may have even memorized Longfellow’s poem about Paul Revere’s cypress swamp to watch alligators and bald eagles in their natural habitat. midnight ride. But what about Alamance, Waxhaws, Kettle Creek, and Tour the oldest operating rice mill in the United States. Visit Avery Island, Kings Mountain? These were significant battles fought in the south, but do home of Tabasco Sauce, and a beautiful Jungle Gardens Park. Ride with a you remember hearing about them? Join us as we delve into the lesser Crawfish farmer on his unique harvesting boat while he brings in his daily known Southern Campaign of the American Revolution – where Ameri- catch. Ride a bus to Baton Rouge for a tour of the Governors Mansion can independence was actually won. We’ll begin in New Bern, NC where and the tallest state capital building in the United States. Visit Evangeline we’ll visit Tryon Palace, the lavish home of the Royal Governor of North Oak on the Bayou Teche, where in Longfellow’s poem, Evangeline waited Carolina (the term “palace” was bestowed by the tax-paying townspeople, for her Gabriel. Beaucoup fun, food and adventure, packed into 16 days not the Governor); then we’ll travel down the eastern seaboard stopping in of excitement awaits you on the Cajun Country Caravan. Leaders: Peter Wilmington, visiting nearby Brunswick Town and Moores Creek; Charles- & Judy Schwarz, WBCCI #2009, Cell Ph: Peter 630-561-1703; Judy 630- ton is next where we explore Fort Moultrie, Charles Pinckney’s home and 699-9676, Email: Peter [email protected]; Judy jascombe@gmail. historic venues downtown; the History Museum and the Springhill Redoubt com Mailing Address: 151 Rainbow Drive, #151, Livingston TX 77399; will be our primary focus in historic Savannah; then we turn inland and Co-Leaders: Gene & Charlene Gardner, WBCCI #2393. Maximum RV/ form a long oval going north through GA, SC, NC and VA. Besides those Units with Leader & Co-leader: 27, Total Number of Nights: 16, Number battlefields listed above, we will tour Site Ninety Six; Musgrove Mill State of Stops: 5, Kitty Fee w/2: $1,500, Kitty Fee w/1: $1,158, Guest: $500. Historic Site; historic Camden; Kings Mountain; Cowpens; Guilford Court- Deposit Amount: $200, Dates of Payments: 1) Deposit by May 1, 2) Final house; Old Salem, the charming Moravian community in Winston-Salem; by December 1. Cancellation Fee: $50 before 12/1/18; Leaders Discretion Red Hill, home of Patrick Henry; and Monticello, Thomas Jefferson’s after 12/1/18. home. On the home stretch we will tour the new American Revolution Museum at Yorktown and the Yorktown National Battlefield, site of Corn- wallis’ surrender. The caravan will end in historic Williamsburg. In addition STANDBY ONLY to savory caravan cookouts, our dining experiences will run the gamut N-48-E CAJUN COUNTRY 3/26-4/11/2019 from a rustic, backwoods gem on a creek, to historic taverns, a seaport START: BREAUX BRIDGE, LA STOP: LAFAYETTE, LA village dive, the oldest continually operating dinner theater in America and On the Cajun Caravan you will experience Cajun culture and hospitality everything in between. Leaders: Ed & Beth Jones, WBCCI #1515, Ph. at its roots. Enjoy dining on jambalaya, crawfish pie, gumbo, and all the Home 703-780-6597, Cell: Ed 703-475-0573, Beth 703-244-6384, Email: other dishes that make Cajun cuisine popular. Travel through the Cypress [email protected] Mailing Address: 3704 Washington Woods swamps, rice fields and crawfish farms of south Louisiana. Dance the Dr., Alexandria, VA 22309. Total Number of Nights: 40, Number of Stops: “Cajun Two Step” at world famous “Fred’s Lounge” in Mamou. Tap your 11, Maximum RV Units/With Leader: 26, Kitty Fee w/2: TBD, Kitty Fee feet while swaying to the music at Savoie’s Music Store’s Saturday morn- w/1: TBD, Guest: TBD, Deposit Amount: $350, Payment Dates : TBD, ing jam session. Enjoy “Rendezvous des Cajuns” performance at the his- Date Balance Due: TBD, Cancellation Fee: TBD toric Liberty Theatre in the heart of Cajun Country. These plus many other adventures will help you understand the meaning of the Cajun phrase, “la- sez le bon temps roulet”, let the good times roll. Take a boat ride through a N-48-C “AMERICAN CIVIL WAR – PART III”; cypress swamp to watch alligators and bald eagles in their natural habitat. WAR IN VIRGINIA 4/2-5/9/2019 Tour the oldest operating rice mill in the United States. Visit Avery Island, START: CHESTERFIELD, VA STOP: NEWPORT NEWS, VA home of Tabasco Sauce, and a beautiful Jungle Gardens Park. Ride with a The third and last part of our American Civil War Caravan series focuses Crawfish farmer on his unique harvesting boat while he brings in his daily primarily on, and thus assumes the title of, the “War in Virginia”, as nearly catch. Ride a bus to Baton Rouge for a tour of the Governors Mansion 50% of the war’s battles were fought and often refought in Virginia. We’ll and the tallest state capital building in the United States. Visit Evangeline tour the battlefields and/or National Military Parks at Petersburg, Fred- Oak on the Bayou Teche, where in Longfellow’s poem, Evangeline waited ricksburg, Spotsylvania, Chancellorsville, Bull Run/Manassas, Gettysburg, for her Gabriel. Beaucoup fun, food and adventure, packed into 16 days Antietam and New Market. Among other things, we’ll enjoy a horse-drawn of excitement awaits you on the Cajun Country Caravan. Leaders: Peter carriage ride around Lexington, and visit VMI. We will also visit Appomat- & Judy Schwarz, WBCCI #2009, Cell Ph: Peter 630-561-1703; Judy 630- tox where Lee surrendered and Fort Monroe where Jefferson Davis was 699-9676, Email: Peter [email protected]; Judy jascombe@gmail. imprisoned. Tour beautiful plantations and historic homes, visit fascinating com Mailing Address: 151 Rainbow Drive, #151, Livingston TX 77399; museums, and lovely cemeteries and churches including Old Blandford Co-Leaders: Gene & Charlene Gardner, WBCCI #2393. Maximum RV/ Church in Petersburg that houses 15 priceless Tiffany windows. Our Units with Leader & Co-leader: 27, Total Number of Nights: 16, Number caravan will also savor delectable cookouts, lunches and dinners; some of Stops: 5, Kitty Fee w/2: $1,500, Kitty Fee w/1: $1,158, Guest: $500. in historic sites. Join us as we visit the places memorialized during the Deposit Amount: $200, Dates of Payments: 1) Deposit by 6/1/18, 2) Final perpetually intriguing chapter of our history known as the Civil War. by 1/1/19. Cancellation Fee: $50 before 1/1/19; Leaders Discretion after Leaders: Dale & Kathy Spillman, WBCCI #15880, Ph. Dale 225-405-4057, 1/1/19. Kathy 225-933-6289, Email: [email protected] Address: 16573 Tiger Bend Rd., Baton Rouge, LA 70817. Co-Leaders: Bill & Beth Racav- ich, WBCCI #7777. Maximum RV Units W/Leaders: 26, Total Number of N-48-F SOUTHWEST ADVENTURE 8/20–10/8/2019 Nights: 37, Number of Stops: 9. Kitty Fee w/2: TBD, Kitty Fee w/1: TBD, START: ALBUQUERQUE, NM STOP: ALBUQUERQUE, NM Guest: TBD, Deposit: $350, Balance Due: TBD, Cancellation: Full refund The 2019 Southwest Adventure Caravan will be in August, September, before 10/1/2018; Until 1/1/2019 Leader’s discretion after. and October capturing the awesome beauty of the fall landscapes. Begin- ning in Albuquerque, NM, we will visit the Turquoise Museum, the Indian Pueblo Cultural Center and savor local cuisine. What is around the bend STANDBY ONLY in the Four-Corners region of Colorado, Utah, Arizona, and New Mexico, N-48-D CAJUN COUNTRY 3/5-20/2019 other tourists may not see. We visit Indian pueblos and reservations to learn about their cultures from native guides. The grandeur of the scenery START: BREAUX BRIDGE, LA STOP: LAFAYETTE, LA will amaze you as we ride a narrow gauge train up to Silverton, CO; hike On the Cajun Caravan you will experience Cajun culture and hospitality to the “Palace” in Mesa Verde, or truck into Monument Valley. Moab, UT, at its roots. Enjoy dining on jambalaya, crawfish pie, gumbo, and all the provides gorgeous views in the surrounding National Parks and excite- other dishes that make Cajun cuisine popular. Travel through the Cypress ment with “slick-rock jeep riding.” Whether using a camera at Capitol Reef swamps, rice fields and crawfish farms of south Louisiana. Dance the

60 BLUE BERET / NOVEMBER 2018 2019 WBCCI National Caravans National Park or riding a mule into Bryce Canyon, seeing the "Narrows" at ous grades, many switchbacks and high altitudes. Some roads have no Zion, the parks will captivate you. After seeing Zion National Park and the guardrails. Your familiarity with your rig and your ability to control it under North Rim of the Grand Canyon, we’ll spend four days beside Lake Powell these driving conditions is critical. This caravan should not be the place to enjoying a boat trip on the lake, a Colorado River raft float trip and a walk learn. Campgrounds will range in altitudes from 5,000 ft. to close to 8,000 through a slot canyon. Our final stops will take us back into New Mexico ft. in elevation and with mountain passes and self-guided auto tours as to explore Gallup and then the finale at the Balloon Fiesta in Albuquerque. high as 12,000 ft. ANYONE with health issues affected by high altitude We will have a chance to ride in a hot air balloon. America the Beautiful should think twice and check with their health care provider before joining Senior passes (formerly the Golden Age Pass) will save you money in this caravan. In order to gain the most from this caravan, hiking some the National Parks we visit at Mesa Verde, Arches, Canyonlands, Capitol distances (one to three miles round trip) may be required. If we haven’t Reef, Bryce Canyon, Zion and the Grand Canyon North Rim. Come scared you off, come join us for a beautiful Springtime in Rocky Mountains prepared to have fun with your fellow caravanners! Co-Leaders: Gary & adventure in 2019. This caravan will end at Gardiner MT, North entrance RoseMarie Anderson, WBCCI #9181, Ph. 850-896-0567 & 850-866-7658 of Yellowstone NP on Saturday June 15, 2019. Leaders: Bob & Sue Heist, (cells), email: [email protected], Address: 2800 W. 30th Court, WBCCI #16401, Home Ph. 402-304-1843, Cell Ph. 402-968-0823, Email: Panama City, FL 32405 and Winston & Carol Montague, WBCCI #807, Ph. [email protected] Mailing address: 6401 Rainier Dr, Lincoln, NE 850-878-1281 (H), 850-491-7444 & 850-212-3726 (cells), email: wmon- 68510; Co-Leaders: Doug & Amanda Hewins, WBCCI #2184, Cell Ph. [email protected] Address: 3958 Meandering Lane, Tallahassee, 941-229-30702, Email: [email protected] Mailing Address: 6652 FL 32308, Maximum RV units w/leaders: 30 rigs. Total Number of Nights: Primrose Dr. Unit E, USAF Academy, CO 80840. Maximum RV Units/ 49, Number of Stops: 12. Estimated Kitty Fee w/2: $4,700; w/1: $3,700, With Leaders: 25 Total With Leaders, Total Number of Nights: 25, Number Guest $1,400. Deposit: $300. Payment Dates: 2/1/19 $2,200, 4/1/19 of Stops: 8. Total Cost: $3,000, Kitty Fee w/2: $3,000, Kitty Fee w/1: $2,200. Cancellation Fee: $50 before 2/1/19 plus non-refundable deposits. $2,500, Guest: TBD, Deposit Amount: $400 Due with Application, Dates Leaders’ discretion after 2/1/19. of Payments (if applicable): ½ of remainder by 5/1/18, Date Balance Due: 12/1/18. Cancellation Fee: $50 plus any non-refundable deposit prior to 1/1/19. Leaders discretion after (date) 3/1/19. N-48-G SPRINGTIME IN KENTUCKY 4/25-5/15/2019 START: BOWLING GREEN, KY STOP: RENFRO VALLEY, KY Come join us as you show you our beautiful state of Kentucky and its STANDBY ONLY diversity. N-48-K TASTE OF THE BLUE RIDGE 5/21-6/14/2019 -From the Corvette factory to the beautiful handmade crafts of Berea. START: BRYSON CITY, NC STOP: GREENWOOD, VA -From backroads to rowing hills and small towns. Have you ever wanted to hike on the Appalachian Trail, fly through tree- -From legendary horse tracks to a retirement farm for thoroughbred hors- tops on a zip line, tour gardens on a Segway, fly fish in rushing streams, es. go horseback riding on mountain trails, explore caves, bicycle (downhill) -From distilleries to a family flour mill. along an old railroad bed past waterfalls and scenic vistas, see Monticello -From historic old homes to the simplicity of Loretta Lynn’s Butcher Hollow. and one of the oldest public universities in the US, whitewater raft the -From a train ride in coal country to a paddle boat luncheon cruise up the Nantahala Gorge, enjoy a world class spa, tour America's greatest "cas- river. tle", and listen to true, old-time bluegrass music? Then bring your camera, Come join us during Kentucky Derby week and feel the excitement of the binoculars, fishing gear, hiking poles, and - most importantly - sense of 145th 2019 race. “The Greatest Two Minutes in Sports”. Ladies bring your adventure and come vacation with us in the Blue Ridge Mountains! We derby hat (the bigger the better). Hear the music, taste the food, meet will begin in Cherokee, NC, home of the Eastern Band of the Cherokee the people and enjoy the 15th State of the Union. Leaders: Karl & Cindy Nation, then make our way to beautiful Asheville. From there we will Weisenberger, WBCCI #1885, Cell Ph. 859-653-5519, Email: springti- boondock three nights at Linville Falls before coming back to civilization [email protected] Mailing address: 999 Riverwatch Dr., Villa Hills in funky Boone, NC. Next is Galax, VA for a bluegrass festival, and two KY 41017, Maximum RV Units/With Leader: 25, Total Number of Nights: more boondocking nights at Peaks of Otter. We will end our journey just 21, Number of Stops: 6. Total Cost $2,750, Kitty Fee w/2: $2,750, Kitty outside the historic towns of Charlottesville and Staunton, Virginia for a Fee w/1: TBD, Guest: TBD, Deposit Amount: $250. Date first Payment: total of 500 caravan miles. Leaders: Ray & Carol Combs, WBCCI #2994, 5/20/18 of $1,250, Date Balance Due: 11/30/18 $1,250. Cancellation Fee: Ph. 336-558-5532, Email: [email protected] Mailing Address: PO $50, Leaders discretion TBD. Box 753, Oak Ridge, NC 27310. Maximum RV Units/With Leader: 20, To- tal Number of Nights: 25, Number of Stops: 7. Kitty Fee w/2: $3300, Kitty Fee w/1: $2200, Guest: TBD. Deposit Amount: $500 due 1/31/18, Dates of N-48-J SPRINGTIME IN THE ROCKIES 5/22-6/15/2019 Payments: 7/31/18 $1400, Date Balance Due: 12/ 31/18 $1400. Cancella- START: ESTES PARK, CO STOP: GARDINER, MT tion Fee: $50. Leaders discretion after 1/31/19. Come share in the adventure of traveling through some of the most spec- tacular scenery in the world, from the beauty of the Rocky Mountain Na- tional Park, to the colors of the Garden of the Gods, to the Black Canyon N-48-L NOR’ BY NOR’EAST 7/10–8/19/2019 of the Gunnison, to the Colorado Monument/Grand Mesa, to a Dinosaur START: ASHAWAY, RI, USA STOP: CORNWALL, PEI, CANADA bone dig, to Flaming Gorge vistas, to the majestic Grand Teton Mountains The Nor’ By Nor’east National Caravan will begin in southern New En- and finally the incredible wild life/geysers of Yellowstone. Be prepared for gland and end in Prince Edward Island, Canada. We begin the caravan vistas that will take your breath away, literally. We’ll travel at some of the in RI and visit nearby Mystic Seaport, CT and Newport, RI. Plymouth, of highest elevations possible in North America. Stops in order are Estes course is steeped in history; the “Plimoth Plantation”, Plymouth Rock, Park, Manitou Springs, Gunnison, Grand Junction, Dinosaur NM, Flaming Mayflower II, Jenny Museum are among the places we’ll visit. Boston’s Gorge, Colter Bay Grand Tetons and Yellowstone NP. Because of the time stop is a busy one with 2 days of bus rides from Topsfield into the Capitol. of year, we could possibly run into snow at any location throughout the All those sites you’ve read about in history books will be part of our jour- caravan with evening temperatures possibly in the lower 30’s. The snow ney. JFK Library, Bunker Hill, Freedom Trail, Faneuil Hall, etc. are just part usually doesn’t stick around long since daytime temperatures typically of what we’ll see. Continuing up the coastline to an ocean-side campsite in range in the 60’s to 70’s. We will attempt to find campgrounds with full Searsport, ME and then nearby Bar Harbor in Trenton will make you a firm service hookups or at minimum 30 Amp electrical services due to the cold believer that Maine is indeed, beautiful. We’ll enjoy the Penobscot Marine evenings. However, we are planning two (2) days of dry camping close Museum, Fort Knox and the Penobscot Narrows Observatory and a Food to the Dinosaur National Monument, one of the warmer locations. Good Channel approved ”Down East Style Lobster Bake”. We’ll camp nearby vehicle/trailer maintenance and appropriate accessories will be important FDR’s retreat at Campobello Island in NB, Canada, enjoy “Tea With Elea- due to our planned mountain traversing routes and high elevation camp nor” and then another campsite up the road in Moncton where we will visit sites. The route will require driving long distances with steep mountain- Hopewell Cape and see the exaggerated tides of the Bay of Fundy. Nova

BLUE BERET / NOVEMBER 2018 61 2019 WBCCI National Caravans Scotia’s 3 stops include campsites that will be home bases so we can trav- in more remote areas. Although we will plan most stops for hookups, be el to Peggy’s Cove, Halifax, Louisbourg, Baddeck and of course the Cabot prepared to manage without for a few days. 50 amp not always available. Trail. We intend on being in NS for 11 days and we will see everything You may appreciate having a CB. Be prepared to learn a new dialect and continue to eat too! A short trip across to Prince Edward Island on a “Where ya ‘longs to?” Be prepared to get wet, walk and drive in rugged ferry and you will think you’re in Heaven. We have plenty of time here for terrain, find out why there is a place call ‘Blow Me Down’. Weather can exploring and enjoying some entertainment in Charlottetown, the warm get cool. Check websites for typical weather so you can plan accordingly. waters along some of the most beautiful beaches as well as seafood-PEI Bring your binoculars so you can be the first one to see the whales and style. We will have our Farewell Banquet in Charlottetown. Leaders: Trev- icebergs. If you enjoy fishing, think about bringing your equipment. Learn or & Gale Lake, WBCCI #4688, Ph. 781-837-2539 (H), Ph. 781-264-4550 to love seafood. Leaders: Murray & Pat Leggatt, WBCCI #11489, Cell Ph. (C), email: [email protected] Address: 315 Oak St. Marshfield, MA Canada 519-282-8257, USA 302-270-7618, Email: [email protected], 02050. Maximum RV Units/With Leaders: 23, Total Number of Nights: 41, Address: 1489 Glenora Drive, London, Ontario, Canada N5X 1V4 and Number of Stops: 11. Kitty Fee w/2: $3,900, Kitty Fee w/1: $2,900, Guest: Chuck & Maggie Helwig, WBCCI #2868, Email: [email protected]. $1,000. Deposit: $200 with Application, Date Due: 2/1/19: $800, Date Maximum RV Units/With Leader: 30, Total Number of Nights: 53, Number Final Balance Due: 5/1/19. Cancellation Fee: $100 after 2/1/19. Leaders’ of Stops: 17. Kitty Fee w/2: $7,000 CAD, Kitty Fee w/1: $6,300 CAD, Discretion after 2/1/19. Guest: additional $1,000 CAD. Deposit Amount: $700 CAD - payments to be made in Canadian dollars. Dates of Payments: 1st deposit once caravan position offered, 2nd payment 11/1/18, Date Balance Due: 2/1/19. STANDBY ONLY Cancellation Fee: $50 CAD plus any non-recoverable costs. Leaders N-48-M CANADIAN ROCKY MOUNTAIN 6/21-7/10/2019 discretion after: 1/1/19. START: DRUMHELLER, AB, CANADA STOP: COCHRANE, AB, CANADA Judy and Deane would love to vacation with you in some of our favorite N-48-O SOUTHEAST COAST 10/1-11/2/2019 places in the Canadian Rockies and Alberta prairies. Traveling through START LOCATION: BETHANY BEACH, DE the backcountry, we will have some secluded dry camping, cookouts, STOP LOCATION: JEKYLL ISLAND, GA and hiking. We will travel through the four contiguous National Rocky If you love seafood and want to explore the historic southeast coast of the Mountain parks of Jasper, Banff, Yoho and Kootenay. We’ll swim in the United States, come along with us. We’ll visit a historic US Lifesaving Sta- beautiful Fairmont Hot Springs. Over 100 glaciers line the spectacular tion (predecessor of the US Coast Guard) in Delaware, attend the Chin- Icefields Parkway where you will ride a snow coach on the Athabasca Gla- coteague Oyster Festival and see the ponies. We’ll visit many museums, cier and experience the newly constructed glass-floored Skywalk. e’llW lighthouses and beaches. We will see many attractions that are missed cruise Malign Lake to Spirit Island in Jasper, ride the famous gondola on by most travelers, including Morning Colors and graduation ceremonies at Sulphur Mountain, and dine at the historic Fairmont Banff Springs Hotel. the US Marine Corps Recruit Depot at Paris Island, SC. The caravan will We’ll hike to the Tea House above Lake Louise, and photograph Takakkaw start at the Delaware Seashore State Park and proceeds through coastal Falls. We’ll ride a gondola to hike the upper meadows to see wildflowers Maryland, Virginia, North Carolina, South Carolina until its conclusion in at the Banff Sunshine ski resort. We’ll stay at the historic Bar U Ranch the Georgia Sea Islands. So come immerse yourself in some of the culture in Alberta and attend the world renowned Calgary Stampede where we and traditions of the Old South. The kitty fee includes campgrounds (most will see the rodeo, chuck wagon racing and the “greatest outdoor show with full hookups), boat, carriage and bus tours, museum admission and on earth”. Your camera, your adventurous spirit and your love of laughter many meals. Come join us on this adventure. Leaders: Stuart & Kathy are a must for this vacation! Leaders: Judy & Deane Collinson, WBCCI Bacon, WBCCI #2059, Home Ph. 423-775-4237, Cell Ph. 423-618-1002, #1077, Deane Ph. 416-232-2882, Judy Ph. 416-559-5354, Email: deane. Email: [email protected] Mailing address: 356 Horseshoe Circle, [email protected] , [email protected] Mailing address: Dayton, TN 37321. Maximum RV Units/With Leader: 22, Total Number of 10 Strath Ave, Toronto, ON, Canada M8X 1P9. Maximum RV Units/With Nights: 32, Number of Stops: 10. Total Cost $3,850, Kitty Fee w/2: $3,850, Leader: 20, Total Number of Nights: 19, Number of Stops: 8, Caravan Kitty Fee w/1: $3,000, Guest: $850, Deposit Amount: $300. Dates of Pay- distance: 900 miles/1450 km. Total Cost: $3,200, Kitty Fee w/2: $3,200, ments (if applicable), Date Balance Due: 2 installments, #1 Due: 9/1/18 Kitty Fee w/1: TBD, Guest: TBD. Deposit Amount: $1,000 11/10/18 ($0 $1,750, #2 Due: 6/1/19 $1,750. Cancellation Fee: $50 before 4/1/19, for standby), Dates of Payments $1,000 1/5/19, Date Balance Due: $1,200 Leaders discretion after 4/1/19. 3/1/19. Cancellation Fee: $100 until 1/5/19. Leaders discretion after 1/5/19. N-48-P ORES, SHORES, WATERS, AND LIGHTS - EAST 9/7-21/2019 STANDBY ONLY START: MANISTIQUE, MI STOP: ST. IGNACE, MI N-48-N VIKING TRAIL 7/10-8/31/2019 Short caravan; perfect for your summer vacation! Rendezvous for this START: NORTH SYDNEY, NS, CANADA caravan is on Saturday, September 7, 2019 at Manistique, MI. See the STOP: NORTH SYDNEY NS, CANADA absolute best of the eastern end of Michigan’s Upper Peninsula in just 15 The Newfoundland caravan is back! Starting near the Cape Breton ferry days and 5 stops. Last night of the caravan and the closing banquet will be the caravan will spend over 50 days in Newfoundland. Visit the first on Saturday, September 21, 2019, at St. Ignace, MI. Key activities/outings settlements inhabited by Europeans in North America. Immerse your- include: Ferry ride under the Mackinaw Bridge in route to a day on Macki- self in a culture which developed isolated by its rugged terrain. Unique nac Island, horse carriage tour of the Island, lunch at Grand Hotel, tours of geologic features abound. See puffins, moose, and salmon jumping in lighthouses, a visit to Kitch-iti-kipi, a guided tour of Fayette Historic State unspoiled nature. Kiss a cod! Plan on lots of good food and music from Park, visits to numerous waterfalls, a boat tour of the Pictured Rocks Na- the communities we visit. Trips including whale, iceberg and fjord boat tional Lakeshore, tour of the Great Lakes Shipwreck Museum at Whitefish tours, visit a Viking village, zip line over falls, and see historic sites that Point, Tahquamenon Falls, Soo Locks boat tour, Oswald’s Bear Ranch, capture this island’s stories. Our focus will be enjoying the wonderful and much more. Please send deposit, or questions, to Leaders: Chip & people who live on the island and all they have to offer. You will feel Lori DeLeeuw, WBCCI #2748, Ph. 517-250-5060, Email: cdeleeuw@ you’ve gone back to a better time. Make the trip yours with opportuni- comcast.net, Address: 906 Wright Lane, Milan, MI 48160. Maximum RV ties for breathtaking hikes and beach combing, cod and salmon fishing Units/With Leaders: 17. Total Number of Nights: 15. Number of Stops: 5, opportunities, day trips to Labrador and Fogo Island. So much to see Kitty Fee w/2: $1,600, Kitty Fee w/1: $1,200, Guest: $500, Deposit $200, and we will do our best to make it amazing! Your rig should be in good Date Balance Due: 5/1/19, Cancellation Fee: $50. Leaders discretion after working order and equipped to handle Airstreaming travel maintenance 5/1/19.

62 BLUE BERET / NOVEMBER 2018 2019 WBCCI National Caravans N-48-S SHO-ME THE OZARKS 9/26- EST. 10/27/2019 cornbread and much more. While some roads are narrow and twisty the START: MOUNTAIN VIEW, AR STOP: VAN BUREN, MO daily trek distances will be short. Music will abound, from porch fiddles to The region of America known as “The Ozarks” is a cultural and geographi- an internationally famous vocal choir. Ranger Talk presenters are from a cally distinct area of mountains, valleys and fresh water springs, rivers and special roster of historians, locals, and conservationists. You will visit the lakes which centers in northern Arkansas and south Missouri. Although number one new attraction in the US, Bass-Pro Shops and Aquarium, educationally and economically progressive, the people value and retain Laura Ingalls Wilder home and museum, the Daisy museum, Crystal the influences of a pioneer heritage. The caravan leaders’ families were Bridges Art Museum, Silver Dollar City international food, music and craft original pioneer settlers who have lived in the same place over 170 years, fair, and much more. See the magnificent fall scenery and nature’s beauty. going to the same school for seven generations....livestock traders, Leaders: Jack & Kay Garrett, WBCCI #4232, Cell Ph. Jack: 417-293- sheriffs, bootleggers, teachers, lawyers, judges, blacksmiths, merchants, 2487, Cell Ph. Kay: 417-293-7283, Email: [email protected], Mailing laborers and village characters. You will meet, spend time with, and share address:10302 County Road 9030, West Plains, MO 65775. Maximum RV stories with local folks. Beginning in the Ozarks Folk Center, you will travel Units/With Leader: 25, Total Number of Nights: est. 32, Number of Stops: through time and place with sites, events and food not to be missed.... 10. Level of Exertion: Moderate, but very light/disabled options at most concluding with a traditional riverbank fish fry. Great group meals are sites/events. Kitty Fee w/2: est. $4000, Kitty Fee w/1: est. $3450, Guest: a priority, but no food committee. Expect pig roasts, church dinners on TBD, Deposit Amount: $400. Dates of Payments (if applicable): 1. TBD, the grounds, Dutch oven cobblers, Amish feasts, ham and beans with 2. TBD. Cancellation Fee: TBD. Leaders discretion after (date)

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Date of Application: ______Caravan #______Caravan Name______

WBCC# ______# of Adults______# of Children______# of Pets______

Last Name:______First Name: ______Spouse/Partner: ______

Summer Address:______

Winter Address (if applicable): ______

Phone #1:______Phone #2:______Email______

Type of Airstream: Trailer Motorhome Interstate/B-Van Length of Rig: ______

Ham # (if applicable): ______Handicapped: Y / N

Amount Enclosed: (US$)______Check #______

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Mail to the Caravan Leader

BLUE BERET / NOVEMBER 2018 63 43rd REGION 4 RALLY Lake Erie Islands Shores and More Ottawa County Fairgrounds Ettie's Field Rally in England 7870 OH-163, Oak Harbor, OH Photos submitted by Ian Jamieson, #24514 May 15 - 19, 2019

Last Name ______

First Name(s) ______

WBCCI # ______Unit______

Type RV TT MH Length ______

Address______

City ______State______Zip______

Phone ______Cell Phone ______Text: Y N

Email______# in Party _____

Handicapped Parking? Y N

Note: Registrations postmarked after Jan. 31, 2019 do not qualify for the discount. Incorrect payments received after this date will be returned to the member for correct payment. Refunds will be given only with Region 4 President approval. Refunds after March 1 will be limited to camping fees only at $30 per night.

Rally Fees: Before 2/1/19 After 1/31/19 2 Persons $295 $345 $______1 Person $225 $275 $______Each Extra Adult/Child $ 70 $100 x ___ = $______

TOTAL AMOUNT DUE: $______

4 nights of camping, water/electric, dump station

Activities: Campfire, entertainment, hobby show, karoake, flea market, fellowship

Attractions: Lake Erie, fishing, Put-in-Bay, Kelly's Island, Toledo, Port Clinton

For More Information contact: Don & Marian Hetzler 937-335-3301, email: [email protected]

Checks payable to: WBCCI Region 4 Mail Registration & Check to: Steve Rhodes 1121 Bogey Drive, Ontario, OH 44903

64 BLUE BERET / NOVEMBER 2018 Ettie's Field Rally in England Photos submitted by Ian Jamieson, #24514

BLUE BERET / NOVEMBER 2018 65 CLUB SCENES

If you have pictures depicting WBCCI caravans and rallies, please share them with us. These pictures may be used for promotional material, the Membership Directory, “Blue Beret” cover, or published in “Club Scenes”. Pictures should be of rally/caravan activities. When choosing a photo, consider the potential member and what would entice him/her to join the club. Please include a description of the picture, member names, specific rally/caravan, dates, etc. and send to [email protected] or WBCCI, PO Box 612, Jackson Center, OH 45334. NOTE: Original photos or .jpg file formats are preferred.

Worthington Glacier approaching Valdez, AK - submitted by Richard Akron Ohio Unit on a Murder Mystery Train Ride in Titusville, PA - Girard, #7513 submitted by Betsy Ketchum, #1650

A peaceful night at Airstream Land Yacht Harbor, Melbourne, FL - submitted by Pat Shaw, #6318

Double rainbow during Washington Unit's Fishing Caravan - submitted by Jan Wyman, #1456

Northern California's last stop before Salem at Westfir, OR - submitted by Bob Vasser, #26071

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